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Tiêu đề

Liberal Education and a Liberal Nation

Tác giả

Bestor A.E., Jr.

Năm xuất bản

2017

Source title

The American Scholar Reader

Số trích dẫn

0

DOI

10.4324/9781315130965-24

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85162677539&doi=10.4324%2f9781315130965-24&partnerID=40&md5=c0aa5ad3a8b592f68cf1466e3c5eebb6

Tóm tắt

It was a magnificent thing to have offered college training at public expense to veterans, but this was rather a gesture of gratitude to the G. I. than a reaffirmation of faith in the social value of higher education. Few Americans thought of the program as a great investment in the intellectual advancement of the nation. Having apparently ceased to believe that the fundamental disciplines of science and scholarship have any real value for society, Americans seem almost anxious for their investment in higher education to be wasted. Now, public opinion is not so perverse as to adopt such a view without cause. It is not that Americans are ignorant of the traditional claims of higher education. Rather, they refuse to take these claims seriously when they witness the gap between profession and performance. A multitude of such pseudo-subjects were introduced, not because they could advance fundamental knowledge, but because they might prepare groups of students for certain specified jobs. © 2012 by Taylor & Francis.

Từ khóa

Tài liệu tham khảo

Nơi xuất bản

Taylor and Francis

Hình thức xuất bản

Book chapter

Open Access

Nguồn

Scopus