Seventeen essays from academics in Canada and the US explore the conflict between academic freedom and inclusion in Canadian universities. Early contributions examine the terms of reference and clarify the differences between Canadian and American viewpoints. Others look at the …
Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--Administrators and st…
"Dissatisfaction with the academy runs deep in America. Despite - or perhaps because of - the fact that a far greater percentage of Americans have attended college than at any time in the past, distrust of the higher education system seems higher than ever. The most common compl…
The conservative's early views on the quality of education and religion at Yale.
In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, "William F. Buckley Jr.", into the …
