Higher education for democracy the role of the university in civil society

Globalization, neoliberalism and their discontents -- The democratic imperative of higher education -- Identity matters -- Understanding academic freedom and free speech on campus -- Understanding what modern universities do : goods and services -- Academic competencies for the twenty-first century...

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1. Verfasser: Tierney, William G. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Albany State University of New York Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Globalization, neoliberalism and their discontents -- The democratic imperative of higher education -- Identity matters -- Understanding academic freedom and free speech on campus -- Understanding what modern universities do : goods and services -- Academic competencies for the twenty-first century -- Academic responsibility : toward a cultural politics of integrity
"Uses a cross-national comparison of three metropolitan areas - Los Angeles, New Delhi and Hong Kong - to develop strategies universities should employ to strengthen democracy and resist fascism"--
Beschreibung:x, 299 pages
23 cm
ISBN:9781438484501
978-1-4384-8450-1
9781438484495
978-1-4384-8449-5