The Higher Learning In America The Annotated Edition
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The Higher Learning In America The Annotated Edition
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Author : Thorstein Veblen
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-06
The Higher Learning In America The Annotated Edition written by Thorstein Veblen and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06 with Education categories.
"Veblen's insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American universities to abandon commitments to extraneous pursuits such as athletics, community service, and vocational education. He also believed that the corporate model of governance--with university boards of trustees dominated by well-to-do businessmen and university presidents who functioned essentially as businessmen in academic dress--mandated unsavory techniques of salesmanship and self-promotion that threatened to reduce institutions of higher learning to the status of competitive business enterprises."--Publisher's Web site.
The Higher Learning In America The Annotated Edition
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Author : Thorstein Veblen
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-06-01
The Higher Learning In America The Annotated Edition written by Thorstein Veblen and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Education categories.
The first scholarly edition of Thorstein Veblen’s classic indictment of the corporate model of American university governance. Since its publication in 1918, Thorstein Veblen’s The Higher Learning in America has remained a text that every serious student of the American university must confront. Intellectual historian Richard Teichgraeber brings us the first scholarly edition of Veblen’s classic, thoroughly edited, annotated, and indexed. An extensive introduction discusses the book’s composition and publishing history, Veblen’s debts to earlier critics of the American university, and the place of The Higher Learning in America in current debates about the American university. Veblen’s insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American universities to abandon commitments to extraneous pursuits such as athletics, community service, and vocational education. He also believed that the corporate model of governance—with university boards of trustees dominated by well-to-do businessmen and university presidents who functioned essentially as businessmen in academic dress—mandated unsavory techniques of salesmanship and self-promotion that threatened to reduce institutions of higher learning to the status of competitive business enterprises. With a detailed chronology, suggested readings, and comprehensive notes identifying events, individuals, and institutions to which Veblen alludes, this volume is sure to become the standard teaching text for Veblen’s classic work and an invaluable resource for students of both the history and the current workings of the American university.
Higher Education Handbook Of Theory And Research
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Author : Laura W. Perna
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-02-24
Higher Education Handbook Of Theory And Research written by Laura W. Perna and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-24 with Education categories.
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on current important issues pertaining to college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and other key aspects of higher education administration. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.
Research Handbook On The Sociology Of Knowledge
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Author : Fran Collyer
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2025-07-15
Research Handbook On The Sociology Of Knowledge written by Fran Collyer and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-15 with Philosophy categories.
This timely Handbook celebrates and contributes to the recent revitalisation of the sociology of knowledge. A diverse group of leading experts from the global North and South provide a state of the art overview of a field, which is developing rapidly with the growth of poststructuralist, postcolonial, and feminist approaches.
The Real Economy
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Author : Jonathan Levy
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2025-02-25
The Real Economy written by Jonathan Levy and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-25 with Business & Economics categories.
A provocative new theory of “the economy,” its history, and its politics that better unites history and economics What is the economy, really? Is it a “market sector,” a “general equilibrium,” or the “gross domestic product”? Economics today has become so preoccupied with methods that economists risk losing sight of the economy itself. Meanwhile, other disciplines, although often intent on criticizing the methods of economics, have failed to articulate an alternative vision of the economy. Before the ascent of postwar neoclassical economics, fierce debates raged, as many different visions of the economy circulated and competed with one another. In The Real Economy, Jonathan Levy returns to the spirit of this earlier era, which, in all its contentiousness, gave birth to the discipline of economics. Drawing inspiration particularly from Thorstein Veblen and John Maynard Keynes, Levy proposes a theory of the economy that is open to rich empirical and historical scrutiny, covering topics that include the emergence of capitalism, the notion of radical uncertainty, the meaning of demand, the primal desire for money, the history of corporations, and contemporary globalization. Writing for anyone interested in the study of the economy, Levy provides an invaluable provocation for a broader debate in the social sciences and humanities concerning what “the economy” is.
Shaping The American Faculty
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Author : Roger L. Geiger
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2015-05-31
Shaping The American Faculty written by Roger L. Geiger and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-31 with Education categories.
Beginning in the twentieth century, American faculty increasingly viewed themselves as professionals who were more than mere employees. This volume focuses on key developments in the long process by which the American professoriate achieved tenure, academic freedom, and a voice in university governance. Christian K. Anderson describes the formation of the original faculty senates. Zachary Haberler depicts the context of the founding and early activities of the American Association of University Professors. Richard F. Teichgraeber focuses on the ambiguity over promotion and tenure when James Conant became president of Harvard in 1933. In “Firing Larry Gara,” Steve Taaffe relates how the chairman of the department of history and political science was abruptly fired at the behest of a powerful trustee. In the final chapter, Tom McCarthy provides an overview of the evolution of student affairs on campuses and indirectly illuminates an important negative feature of that evolution—the withdrawal of faculty from students’ social and moral development. This volume examines twentieth-century efforts by American academics to establish themselves as an independent constituency in America’s colleges and universities.
Resources In Education
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Resources In Education written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Education categories.
The Higher Learning In America A Memorandum On The Conduct Of Universities By Business Men
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Author : Thorstein Veblen
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2016-01-30
The Higher Learning In America A Memorandum On The Conduct Of Universities By Business Men written by Thorstein Veblen and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-30 with Education categories.
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE HIGHER LEARNING IN AMERICA: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was an American economist and sociologist. He is well known as a witty critic of capitalism. Veblen is famous for the idea of "conspicuous consumption." Conspicuous consumption, along with "conspicuous leisure," is performed to demonstrate wealth or mark social status. Veblen explains the concept in his best-known book, The Theory of the Leisure Class. Within the history of economic thought, Veblen is considered the leader of the institutional economics movement. Veblen's distinction between "institutions" and "technology" is still called the Veblenian dichotomy by contemporary economists. In the beginning of his academic career Veblen had difficulties obtaining a university position, whether because he was discriminated for being Norwegian, or openly identified as an agnostic. These difficulties later inspired him to write The Higher Learning in America. In this book he claimed that true academic values were sacrificed by universities in favor of their own self-interest and profitability.
Higher Education And Disaster Capitalism In The Age Of Covid 19
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Author : Marina Vujnovic
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-09
Higher Education And Disaster Capitalism In The Age Of Covid 19 written by Marina Vujnovic and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-09 with Education categories.
This book reveals the layered effects of the corporatization of higher education, situated within the phenomenon of disaster capitalism. The authors argue that higher education administrators have seized on the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to advance a corporate higher education agenda consistent with the principles of disaster capitalism. This crisis deeply impacts what and how students in the United States learn, who gets to learn, and the very mission of the academy. Chapters also address neoliberalism as a policy statement that has reshaped and continues to shape higher education in the United States and in much of Western societies.
Handbook Of Research On Ethical Challenges In Higher Education Leadership And Administration
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Author : Wang, Viktor
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2020-04-03
Handbook Of Research On Ethical Challenges In Higher Education Leadership And Administration written by Wang, Viktor and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-03 with Education categories.
Higher education institutions are, more so than other organizations, deeply complex, and they present a unique challenge to their leaders and administrators. The unique complexities of higher education call for governance founded on thoughtful consideration of leadership practices, theory, and styles that reflect the values of the institution and its mission. Embedded in a rapidly changing society, the future of higher education leadership and administration is necessarily dynamic and demands a strong ethical core to guide research, knowledge production, and organizational behavior. TheHandbook of Research on Ethical Challenges in Higher Education Leadership and Administration is a cutting-edge research publication that examines leadership ethics that higher education institutions must employ to be proactive, visionary, and ethically sound. The publication covers the importance of leadership ethics in higher education as well as the foundation for developing frameworks in which to ground the presence of leadership ethics in higher education. Featuring a wide range of topics such as distance education, free speech, and leadership, this book is ideal for librarians, academicians, administrators, researchers, education professionals, policymakers, and students.