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Emerson Effect
Individualism and Submission in America
Häftad, 1996
403 kr
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This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. The author analyzes the interplay of liberal and authoritarian impulses in Emerson's work in various domains: domestic life, the changing New England …
Limits of the Numerical
The Abuses and Uses of Quantification
Av Christopher Newfield, Anna Alexandrova m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
936 kr
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This collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of …
Limits of the Numerical
The Abuses and Uses of Quantification
Av Christopher Newfield, Anna Alexandrova m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
265 kr
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This collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of …
Limits of the Numerical
The Abuses and Uses of Quantification
Av Stephen John, Anna Alexandrova m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
507 kr
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This collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of …
After Political Correctness
The Humanities And Society In The 1990s
Av Christopher Newfield, Ronald Strickland
Inbunden, 2019
2519 kr
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This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. Contending that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines, causing university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight, the contributors see the PC debates as a struggle over …
After Political Correctness
The Humanities And Society In The 1990s
Av Ronald Strickland, Christopher Newfield
E-bok, 2018
858 kr
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This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. It contends that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines to cause university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight.
After Political Correctness
The Humanities And Society In The 1990s
Av Ronald Strickland, Christopher Newfield
E-bok, 2018
858 kr
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This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. It contends that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines to cause university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight.
Unmaking the Public University
The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class
Häftad, 2011
307 kr
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An essential American dream—equal access to higher education—was becoming a reality with the GI Bill and civil rights movements after World War II. But this vital American promise has been broken. Christopher Newfield argues that the financial and political crises of public universities are not the …
After Political Correctness
The Humanities And Society In The 1990s
Av Christopher Newfield, Ronald Strickland
Häftad, 1995
730 kr
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This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. Contending that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines, causing university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight, the contributors see the PC debates as a struggle over …
Ivy and Industry
Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
Inbunden, 2004
552 kr
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Emphasizing how profoundly the American research university has been shaped by business and the humanities alike, Ivy and Industry is a vital contribution to debates about the corporatization of higher education in the United States. Christopher Newfield traces major trends in the intellectual and …
Ivy and Industry
Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
E-bok, 2004
812 kr
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Emphasizing how profoundly the American research university has been shaped by business and the humanities alike, Ivy and Industry is a vital contribution to debates about the corporatization of higher education in the United States. Christopher Newfield traces major trends in the intellectual and …
Great Mistake
How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Häftad, 2018
418 kr
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A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLHigher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind …
Metrics That Matter
Counting What's Really Important to College Students
Av Zachary Bleemer, Mukul Kumar m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
319 kr
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Colleges sell themselves by the numbers—rankings, returns on investments, and top-ten lists—but these often mislead prospective students. What numbers should they really be paying attention to?High school and college students are inundated by indicators and rankings supposedly designed to help them …
Emerson Effect
Individualism and Submission in America
Inbunden, 1996
986 kr
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This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. The author analyzes the interplay of liberal and authoritarian impulses in Emerson's work in various domains: domestic life, the changing New England …
Great Mistake
How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Inbunden, 2017
362 kr
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Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a decade, the realm of American higher education has been wracked with …
