Save the world on your own time
What is the purpose of higher education? Here, Stanley Fish argues that, however laudable goals of fostering diversity and democracy might be, there is but one proper role for the academe in society: to advance bodies of knowledge and to equip students for doing the same.
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- Full title :Save the world on your own time / Stanley Fish.
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What is the purpose of higher education? Here, Stanley Fish argues that, however laudable goals of fostering diversity and democracy might be, there is but one proper role for the academe in society: to advance bodies of knowledge and to equip students for doing the same.
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- Publication Date:2008.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199709144, 0199709149, 9780199930128, 0199930120, 9780197563243, 0197563244
- oclc:ocn606227070
- LC Classification:LB2331.72
- Dewey Decimal:378.12
Table of Contents
The task of higher education -- Do your job -- Administrative interlude -- Don't try to do someone else's job -- Don't let anyone else do your job -- Higher education under attack -- A conclusion and two words from the other side.
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