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- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 278 p.) : ill.
- Summary
- "From interviews, focus groups, and a national survey, paints a comprehensive picture of today's campus political attitudes. Contrasts the current climate of disengagement with the original civic mission of American colleges and universities, and suggests how universities can reclaim and strengthen their place in the nation's political and civic life"--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Closed minds? (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Closed minds? (Online)
- Subject
- Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Higher education and the "culture wars" -- Emergence of the U.S. research university -- Transformations of academic culture after World War II -- Political attitudes of American professors: results of a 2007 national survey -- The politics of politics in the classroom -- Conservative activism in higher education: the Pennsylvania hearings on academic freedom -- Much ado about little: student perspectives on classroom bias -- Do universities discriminate in hiring? -- Conclusions.
- LCCN
- 2008020085
- OCLC
- ssj0000123845
- Author
Smith, Bruce L. R.
- Title
Closed minds? [electronic resource] : politics and ideology in American universities / Bruce L.R. Smith, Jeremy D. Mayer, A. Lee Fritschler.
- Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Mayer, Jeremy D.
Fritschler, A. Lee, 1937-