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University of Chicago Press Indebted Mobilities
Book SynopsisAn ethnographic rendering of overseas students' fraught encounters studying at an American public university. As states have reduced funding to public universities, many of those institutions have turned to overseas students as a vital, alternative source of revenue. Students from India have especially been seen as among the most desirable populations, as they're typically fluent in English and overwhelmingly enroll in professional fields deemed critical to the knowledge economy. The large numbers of these youth migrating for their education tend to be viewed as a shining example of the value of the contemporary global university and how it enables ambitious people to secure opportunities not available to them in their home nation. However, a deeper examination of these young people's encounters reveals a more complicated story than glossy brochures and paeans to American higher education would suggest.Indebted Mobilitiesdraws on Susan Thomas's close shadowing of a group of mid
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University of Chicago Press Allies and Rivals
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Open University Press The Research Students Guide to Success
Book SynopsisA must read for all research students!âœThe core material in Professor Cryerâs previous editions is classic. I welcome this new edition setting it into current contexts.â â PhD supervisorâœWhen I was doing my own PhD, Pat Cryerâs book was my constant reference companion. Now I am recommending her latest edition to my own students.â â PhD supervisorInsightful, wide-ranging and accessible, this is an invaluable tool for postgraduate research students and for students at all levels working on research projects, irrespective of their field of study.This edition has been thoroughly revised to accommodate the changes in postgraduate education over recent years. Additional material and new emphases take into account: the QAA Code of Practice for Postgraduate Research Programmes recommendations of the Roberts Review the needs of the growing number of âoverseasâ research students employment issues (including undergraduate teaching) the InterneTable of ContentsList of figuresPreface to the third editionWhy and how to use this book Exploring routes, opportunities and funding Making an application Producing the research proposal Settling in and taking stock Interacting with supervisors Reading round the subject: working procedures Reading round the subject: evaluating quality Handling ethical issues Managing influences of personal circumstancesSucceeding as an 'overseas' research student Managing your skills development Planning out the work Getting into a productive routine Co-operating with others for mutual support Producing progress reports Giving presentations on your work Transferring registration from MPhil to PhD Coming to terms with originality in research Developing ideas through creative thinking Keeping going when you feel like giving up Job seeking Producing the thesis Handling the oral/viva/thesis defenceAfterwards! Appendix - Skills training requirements for research students: Joint Statement by the UK Research CouncilsIndex
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Open University Press Powerful Techniques for Teaching in Lifelong
Book SynopsisPowerful Techniques for Teaching in Lifelong Learning is a practical handbook that offers a range of helpful ideas and approaches for working with older learners. Written in an accessible and conversational style, it draws on the authorâs vast experience of working with older learners and tackles some of the major challenges and problems you are likely to face in teaching older learners, such as addressing inequality and diversity and dealing with resistance.Over fifty techniques, exercises and methods explained in the book promote: Teaching for critical thinking Using discussion Self directed learning Creating democratic classrooms Teaching about power Teaching through the creative arts The book is informed by a particular understanding of what constitutes a powerful technique, taking into account the power relationships that exist in the adult classroom and empowering students to develop a sense of their own agency and confidence in their abilitiTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsThe authorThe essence of powerful teaching Teaching for critical thinking Using discussion methods Fostering self-directed learning Democratizing the classroom Teaching about power Teaching using the creative arts Negotiating the emotions of powerful teaching ReferencesIndex
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Cengage Learning, Inc Becoming a Master Student
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Master Student. 1. Discovering Yourself. 2. Time. 3. Memory. 4. Reading. 5. Notes. 6. Tests. 7. Thinking. 8. Communicating. 9. Relationships. 10. Money. 11. Career. The Master Guide to Becoming a Master Student.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Language
Book SynopsisIncludes such as "What Do You Think?" and "Try It Yourself" prompt students to consider language in daily life and to begin thinking about language analysis, while new "Language at the Bar" features show them the real-world applications of linguistic analysis to criminal and civil legal cases.Table of Contents1. Languages and Linguistics. What Do You Think? How Many Languages Are There in the World? Does the United States Have an Official Language? What Is Human Language? Signs: Arbitrary and Non-arbitrary. Languages as Patterned Structures: Grammatical Competence. Speech as Patterned Language Use: Communicative Competence. Modes of Linguistic Communication. Do Only Humans Have Language? Can Chimpanzees Learn a Human Language? The Origin of Human Languages: Babel to Babble. What Is Linguistics? Computers and Linguistics. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. Part 1: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES. 2. Words and Their Parts: Lexicon and Morphology. What Do You Think? Introduction: Words Seem Tangible. What Does It Mean to Know a Word? Lexical Categories. Morphemes: Word Parts with Meaning or Function. How Are Morphemes Organized Within Words? How Does a Language Increase Its Vocabulary? What Types of Morphological Systems Do Languages Have? Variant Pronunciations of a Morpheme: Allomorphy. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 3. The Sounds of Languages: Phonetics. What Do You Think? Sounds and Spellings: Not the Same Thing. Phonetics: The Study of Sounds. Describing Consonant Sounds. Kinds of Consonant Sounds. Vowel Sounds. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 4. Sound Systems of Language: Phonology. What Do You Think? Introduction: Sounds in the Mind. Phonological Rules and Their Structure. Syllables and Syllable Structure. Stress. Syllables and Stress in Phonological Processes. Morphology and Phonology Interaction: Allomorphy. From Lexical Entries to Surface Realizations: What the Brain Knows. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 5. The Structure and Function of Phrases and Sentences: Syntax. What Do You Think? Introduction. Constituency. Major Constituents of Sentences: Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases. Phrase-Structure Expansions. Grammatical Relations: Subject, Direct Object, and Others. Surface Structures and Underlying Structures. Types of Syntactic Operations. Functions of Syntactic Operations. Recursion and Novel Sentences. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 6. The Study of Meaning: Semantics. What Do You Think? Introduction. Linguistic, Social, and Affective Meaning. Word, Sentence, and Utterance Meaning. Lexical Semantics. Function Words and Categories of Meaning. Semantic Roles and Sentence Meaning. Semantic Roles and Grammatical Relations. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 7. Language Universals and Language Typology. What Do You Think? Similarity and Diversity Across Languages. Phonological Universals. Syntactic and Morphological Universals. Types of Language Universals. Explanations for Language Universals. Language Universals, Universal Grammar, and Language Acquisition. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. Part 2: LANGUAGE USE. 8. Information Structure and Pragmatics. What Do You Think? Introduction: Encoding Information Structure. Categories of Information Structure. Information Structure: Intonation, Morphology, Syntax. The Relationship of Sentences to Discourse: Pragmatics. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 9. Speech Acts and Conversation. What Do You Think? Language in Use. Sentence Structure and the Function of Utterances. Speech Acts. The Cooperative Principle. Violations of the Cooperative Principle. Politeness. Speech Events. The Organization of Conversation. Cross-Cultural Communication. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 10. Language Variation Across Situations of Use: Registers and Styles. What Do You Think? Introduction. Language Varies Within a Speech Community. Speech Situations. Registers in Monolingual Societies. Similarities and Differences Between Spoken and Written Registers. Two Registers Compared. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 11. Language Variation Among Social Groups: Dialects. What Do You Think? Language or Dialect: Which Do You Speak? How Do Languages Diverge and Merge? National Varieties of English. Regional Varieties of American English. The Atlas of North American English. Ethnic Varieties of American English. Ethnic Varieties and Social Identification. Socioeconomic Status Varieties: English, French, and Spanish. The Language Varieties of Women and Men. Why Do Stigmatized Varieties Persist? Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. Part 3: LANGUAGE CHANGE, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. 12. Language Change Over Time: Historical Linguistics. What Do You Think? Do Living Languages Always Change? Language Families and the Indo-European Family. How to Reconstruct the Linguistic Past. What Are the Language Families of the World? .Languages in Contact. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 13. Historical Development in English. What Do You Think? Old English: 700���1100. Companions of Angels: A Narrative in Old English. Middle English: 1100���1500. Where Men and Women Go All Naked: A Middle English Travel Fable. Modern English: 1500���Present. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. 14. Acquiring First and Second Languages. What Do You Think? Introduction. Acquiring a First Language. How Do Researchers Study Language Acquisition? Acquiring a Second Language. Summary. What Do You Think? REVISITED. Exercises. Other Resources. Glossary. Index. Index of Languages. Index of Internet Sites, Films, and Videos. Credits.
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Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Academia, Inc.: How Corporatization Is
Book SynopsisCanadian universities are being slowly but inexorably corporatized. Casualizing academic labour, remaking students into consumers of education, implementing corporate management models and commercializing academic research all point to the ascendance of business interests and values in Canada s higher education system. Academia, Inc. examines the tensions that result from the merging of two fundamentally incompatible institutions the university and the corporation. Brownlee argues that moving from liberal education to corporate job training, public service to profit-making and critical research to commercial invention radically undermines the goals of higher education. Investigating the history, causes and impacts of corporatization, this book explores how this transformation has taken shape and its ramifications for both universities and society as a whole. Brownlee suggests several strategies for resisting this process. "
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Encounter Books,USA When Reason Goes on Holiday: Philosophers in
Book SynopsisPhilosophers usually emphasize the importance of logic, clarity and reason. Therefore when they address political issues they will usually inject a dose of rationality in these discussions, right? Wrong. This book gives a lot of examples showing the unexpected level of political irrationality among leading contemporary philosophers. The body of the book presents a detailed analysis of extreme leftist views of a number of famous philosophers and their occasional descent into apology forand occasionally even active participation intotalitarian politics. Most of these episodes are either virtually unknown (even inside the philosophical community) or have received very little attention. The author tries to explain how it was possible that so many luminaries of twentieth-century philosophy, who invoked reason and exhibited rigor and careful thinking in their professional work, succumbed to irrationality and ended up supporting some of the most murderous political regimes and ideologies. The huge leftist bias in contemporary philosophy and its persistence over the years is certainly a factor but it is far from being the whole story. Interestingly, the indisputably high intelligence of these philosophers did not actually protect them from descending into political insanity. It is argued that, on the contrary, both their brilliance and the high esteem they enjoyed in the profession only made them more self-confident and less cautious, thereby eventually making them blind to their betrayal of reason and the monstrosity of the causes they defended.Trade Review“I found this book a highly entertaining and eye-opening read, filled with amazing anecdotes of irrationality and craziness by famous recent philosophers. I knew about philosophers with extreme left-wing bias before, but I didn't know of any famous philosopher who was guilty of something close to murder. (And yet we still have the most prestigious prize in philosophy of science named after him!) Sesardić's examples seem to show that philosophers not only are not immune from irrationality but are in fact especially prone to irrationality about politics. Hopefully, his book will lead to reflection and a renewed effort among philosophers to be more fair-minded and rational.” —Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of The Problem of Political Authority “Sesardić’s book is a wake-up call to individuals and universities alike about the remarkably poor judgment many contemporary philosophers have exhibited about some of the most important political questions of our age. His careful, insightful analysis should be required reading for anyone wanting to understand the influence they have had on the past century’s universities and politics.” —Andrew Irvine, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of Socrates on Trial “Gripping, thoroughly researched and documented, judiciously argued, and alternately depressing and infuriating, Sesardić’s courageous book offers the astounding spectacle of some of the greatest minds of the past century—including Carnap, Einstein, Gödel, and Wittgenstein—adopting odious political views, supporting Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, for simplistic and plainly fallacious reasons. More shocking still is the story of how prominent journals, encyclopedias, and the American Philosophical Association itself have sacrificed academic integrity on the altar of political activism. Great philosophers repeatedly reveal themselves as terrible thinkers when it comes to morality and politics, plunging headlong into complex controversies without drawing elementary distinctions or differentiating degrees of good or evil.” —Daniel Bonevac, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin
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Oxford University Press The University of Hope
Book SynopsisIs the University as we know it dead? Monika Kostera thinks not, but across the globe universities are under attack, be it by external forces or from within. Will they survive? Our civilisation requires that they must: planetary survival and sustainability depend on them. This book provides vital resources to give us all - professional academics, students, and university administrators - hope that universities will emerge renewed out of the current crisis. As this inspiring work shows, the practice of academic virtues can enable us to cultivate the awareness of the common good that academia serves: the preservation and development of humanity''s potential of knowledge. Drawing on a rich variety of ideas, theories, empirical cases, real and fictitious stories, as well as examples and images from art and literature, Monika Kostera demonstrates the splendid complexity of academic ecosystems. It is through looking for hope for the university that we find hope for society and the planet. In
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The University of Chicago Press The Calling of History Sir Jadunath Sarkar and
Book SynopsisSir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was knighted in 1929 and became the first Indian historian to gain honorary membership in the American Historical Association. This book examines Sarkar's career - and poignant obsolescence - as a way in to larger questions about the discipline of history and its public life.Trade Review"This is a wonderful book: at once a deep study of what modernity meant to some complex and fascinating Indian intellectuals, a rich analysis of a major scholar's assumptions and practices, and a compelling read. The Calling of History will be an unforgettable experience for anyone who shares Sarkar's, and Chakrabarty's, interest in historical research and writing." (Anthony Grafton, Princeton University)
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The University of Chicago Press Action versus Contemplation
Book SynopsisAll of humanity'sproblems stem fromman'sinability to sit quietly in a room alone, Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house. It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to understand the world more deeply? Aristotle argued for contemplation as the highest state of human flourishing. But it was through action that his student Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Which should we aim at? Centuries later, this argument underlies a surprising number of the questions we face in contemporary life. Should students study the humanities, or train for a job? Should adults work for money or for meaning? And in tumultuous times, should any of us sit on the sidelines, pondering great books, or throw ourselves into protests and petition drives? With Action versus ContemplatioTrade Review“Engaging. . . . Not guidance counselors but intellectual guides, Summit and Vermeule trace their students’ predicament to the origins of Western philosophy. ‘The rhetoric of action and contemplation,’ they proclaim, ‘is nothing less than the unacknowledged medium of self-understanding in the modern world.’ In their telling, it becomes a medium in which to understand, and criticize, not just the culture of fuzzies and techies at Stanford, but the nature of stress, the appeal of cowboy politicians, the point of education, and the search for meaningful work.” * LA Review of Books *“Summit and Vermeule taught a course at Stanford on this dichotomy between the cultivation of wisdom and the demonstration of skills. Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters begins with an appeal for balance rather than conflict when these two realms are juxtaposed. . . . Activity without leisure proves meaningless; downtime without engagement turns purposelessness. Summit and Vermeule, trained as literary critics, aim this brief book towards those who seek to recover a wise balance while never dismissing the life of the mind.” * PopMatters *"Though the book will be valuable to a wide readership, the recurring theme of current trends in education makes it particularly important within the academy. This engaging and clever book will generate important conversations. Highly recommended." * Choice *Shortlist * Phi Beta Kappa: Ralph Waldo Emerson Award *"A fascinating and inspiring tour of big ideas--worth both contemplating and acting on." -- Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe"Action versus Contemplation brings a cooling sense of balance to a whole range of important and often highly polarized arguments about technology, work, education, and more. How liberating to discover that we don’t need to choose between nostalgia and philistinism, Captain Ludd and Dr. Pangloss. Even better, the authors give us not just historical elaborations of the theoretical complementarity of action and contemplation, but actual, already-existing examples of the middle position at work today. They show us that, no matter how 'soulless' society seems to become, meaning-seeking behavior does and always will continue." -- William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep"This is a very subtle and surprising book that nevertheless goes down easy because you expect it to take a side in a binary (i.e., to take your side), but instead it seeks to transcend that binary. There's great generosity of spirit in their writing and thinking, and that generosity will have a salutary effect on all those whose thinking this book will touch. Action versus Contemplation is itself a contemplative document meant to intervene in the world it addresses, to get us to rethink practical matters, and to act in ways that will promote thinking. It urges action as a way of thinking, and thinking as a way of acting, and is a model of what it advocates for." -- William Flesch, Brandeis University"Action Versus Contemplation grew out of an Introduction to Humanities course the authors co-taught at Stanford. They saw beneficial effects in both students’ lives and their own when that 'versus' gave way to an 'and.' They also see evidence—in student surveys, 'locavore' movements, and emerging workplace cultures—that people are searching for new syntheses of action and contemplation. They make keen suggestions throughout the study about how the university should facilitate that search." * Commonweal *"This book will surely appeal to so many categories of intellectuals, from the humanities as well as the sciences, university faculty as well as administrators, and even ordinary people who are [in] search of overcoming the uneasy features of a one-sided life." * Philosophia *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. From Action and Contemplation to Stress and Relaxation2. The Action Bias and the Human Condition3. Science and Humanities4. Work and Leisure5. Public and Private6. A Life of Meaning in a Market WorldConclusion: The University and the WorldAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliography
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UniAdmissions UCAT Practice Papers Volume Two: 3 Full Mock
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Pearson Education (US) College Algebra
Book SynopsisTable of Contents Graphs, Functions, and Models 1.1. Introduction to Graphing Visualizing the Graph 1.2. Functions and Graphs 1.3. Linear Functions, Slope, and Applications Visualizing the Graph Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 1.4. Equations of Lines and Modeling 1.5. Linear Equations, Functions, Zeros, and Applications 1.6. Solving Linear Inequalities Summary and Review Review Exercises Chapter Test More on Functions 2.1. Increasing, Decreasing, and Piecewise Functions; Applications 2.2. The Algebra of Functions 2.3. The Composition of Functions Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 2.4. Symmetry 2.5. Transformations Visualizing the Graph 2.6. Variation and Applications Summary and Review Review Exercises Chapter Test Quadratic Functions and Equations; Inequalities 3.1. The Complex Numbers 3.2. Quadratic Equations, Functions, Zeros, and Models 3.3. Analyzing Graphs of Quadratic Functions Visualizing the Graph Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 3.4. Solving Rational Equations and Radical Equations 3.5. Solving Equations and Inequalities with Absolute Value Summary and Review Review Exercises Chapter Test Polynomial Functions and Rational Functions 4.1. Polynomial Functions and Modeling 4.2. Graphing Polynomial Functions Visualizing the Graph 4.3. Polynomial Division; The Remainder Theorem and the Factor Theorem Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 4.4. Theorems about Zeros of Polynomial Functions 4.5. Rational Functions Visualizing the Graph 4.6. Polynomial Inequalities and Rational Inequalities Study Guide Review Exercises Chapter Test Exponential Functions and Logarithmic Functions 5.1. Inverse Functions 5.2. Exponential Functions and Graphs 5.3. Logarithmic Functions and Graphs Visualizing the Graph Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 5.4. Properties of Logarithmic Functions 5.5. Solving Exponential Equations and Logarithmic Equations 5.6. Applications and Models: Growth and Decay; Compound Interest 364 Study Guide Review Exercises Chapter Test Systems of Equations and Matrices 6.1. Systems of Equations in Two Variables Visualizing the Graph 6.2. Systems of Equations in Three Variables 6.3. Matrices and Systems of Equations 6.4. Matrix Operations Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 6.5. Inverses of Matrices 6.6. Determinants and Cramer’s Rule 6.7. Systems of Inequalities and Linear Programming 6.8. Partial Fractions Study Guide Review Exercises Chapter Test Conic Sections 7.1. The Parabola 7.2. The Circle and the Ellipse Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 7.3. The Hyperbola 7.4. Nonlinear Systems of Equations and Inequalities Visualizing the Graph Study Guide Review Exercises Chapter Test Sequences, Series, and Combinatorics 8.1. Sequences and Series 8.2. Arithmetic Sequences and Series 8.3. Geometric Sequences and Series Visualizing the Graph 8.4. Mathematical Induction Mid-Chapter Mixed Review 8.5. Combinatorics: Permutations 8.6. Combinatorics: Combinations 8.7. The Binomial Theorem 8.8. Probability Study Guide Review Exercises Chapter Test Photo Credits Answers Additional Instructor’s Answers Index Index of Applications
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc On Writing the College Application Essay
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Emerald Publishing Limited Higher Education Research
Book SynopsisProvides readers with an overview of the state of higher education research and its relationship to policy and practice. This work draws upon developments in higher education research in Australia, Canada, Japan and Latin America to provide a comparative perspective on the state of higher education research.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction. The relationships between higher education research and higher education policy and practice: the researcher's perspective (U. Teichler). Part 2: Major Issues in Comparative Perspective. Research, policy and practice: assessing their actual and potential linkages (E. El-Khawas). Higher education research, policy and practice: contexts, conflicts and the new horizon (Motohisa Kaneko). Higher education research: the hourglass structure and its implications (P.A.M. Maassen). Part 3: Experiences from Individual Countries and Regions. Higher education research and policy in Canada (G.A. Jones). Higher education policy research in Australia (M. Hayden). Recent developments of higher education research and higher education policy in Japan (Akira Arimoto). Latin America: higher education research in a transformation context (C. Garcia-Guadilla). Part 4: A Synthesis. Higher education research in the light of a dialogue between policy makers and practitioners (P. Scott). Annex 1. Higher education and the World Bank: from policy to practice. Annex 2. Academic social science research and policy-making in Chile (R. Urza).Annex 3. Select Bibliography on higher education research and policy-making.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Universities Responsibilities to Society
Book SynopsisTalks about higher education world-wide and in all its manifestations. This work deals with three broad sub-themes: university and development: anticipating change; universities and the international knowledge enterprise; and, academic freedom and university autonomy: pre-requisites for the university meeting its responsibilities.Table of ContentsForeword (Wataru Mori). Introduction. Universities' responsibility to society: an historical exploitation of an enduring issue (G. Neave). Chapter I (G. Haddad). Chapter II (Sippanondha Ketudat). Chapter III (M.A.R. Dias). Chapter IV: University and Development: Anticipating Change (B.M. Gourley, P. Calame). University, industry and technological development (Toshio Nakamura). Universities and social development: partners and stakeholders (E. Elbaz, V.A. Shahin). Universities as actors in sustainable development (C.E. Stalvant, J.A. Omotola). Universities and graduate employment (M-L. Kearney). Chapter V: Universities and the International Knowledge Enterprise (W. Srisa-an). Universities and the information society (V. Massingue, E. Simons). Internationalization of higher education and diversity (L. Dandurand). Universities, social transformations and access to knowledge (L. Smith, V.D. Batukhtin). Chapter VI: Academic Freedom and University Autonomy: Prerequisites for the University Meeting its Responsibilities (W. Kamba, K.D. Wolff). University autonomy and external dependencies (S. Hamilton, G. Thill). Academic freedom and contract activities (R. Harris). Accountability, quality assurance and autonomy (S.M. Saifuddin, B. Deaton). Academic freedom: ethical implications and civic responsibilities (W.A. Manan). Chapter VII: Conclusion: Proposal for an International Declaration on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy (J. Thorens).
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Emerald Publishing Limited New TechnologyBased Firms in the New Millennium
Book SynopsisExamines the question of whether providing work experience within courses of study in higher education affects entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviour, important given government imperatives to foster entrepreneurship through the education system.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Encouraging R&D in Ireland's Biotechnology EnterprisesKate Johnston et al.Encouraging Research and Development in Ireland's Biotechnology Enterprises. Chapter 3 How Industrial Experience Affects Entrepreneurial Intent and Self-Efficacy in UK Engineering UndergraduatesAnthony Ward et al.How Industrial Experience Affects Entrepreneurial Intent and Self-Efficacy in UK Engineering Undergraduates. Chapter 4 Now You See Them — Now You Don't: Paradoxes in Enterprise Development Strategy: The Case of the Disappearing Academic Start-UpsDeirdre HuntNow You See Them — Now You Don't: Paradoxes in Enterprise Development Strategy: The Case of the Disappearing Academic Start-Ups. Chapter 5 Case Study of an Entrepreneurship ProgrammeMagnus KlofstenSupporting Academic Enterprise: A Case Study of an Entrepreneurship Programme. Chapter 6 Building the Foundations for Academic EnterpriseSimon Mosey et al.Building the Foundations for Academic Enterprise: The Medici Fellowship Programme. Chapter 7 An Empirical Assessment of Porter's Clusters Concept Based on London's Media IndustriesGary Cook, Naresh PanditAn Empirical Assessment of Porter's Clusters Concept Based on London's Media Industries. Chapter 8 Network Differences between Domestic and Global University Start-UpsPeter Van Der Sijde et al.Network Differences between Domestic and Global University Start-Ups. Chapter 9 Knowledge Spillovers from Public Research InstitutionsMichael LynskeyKnowledge Spillovers from Public Research Institutions: Evidence from Japanese High-Technology Start-Up Firms. Chapter 10 The Development of Venture-Capital-Backed and Independent Companies: An Empirical Study Among Germany's Internet and E-Commerce Start-UpsStephan Golla et al.The Development of Venture-Capital-Backed and Independent Companies: An Empirical Study Among Germany's Internet and E-Commerce Start-Ups. Chapter 11 The High-Technology Pecking Order in Spinoffs and Non-SpinoffsTeresa Hogan and Elaine HutsonThe High-Technology Pecking Order in Spinoffs and Non-Spinoffs in the Irish Software Sector. Chapter 12 The Role of Spin-Outs within University Research Commercialisation ActivitiesTim Minshall et al.The Role of Spin-Outs within University Research Commercialisation Activities: Case Studies from 10 UK Universities. Chapter 13 Analysis of the Factors Leading to Success or Failure of Start-Up Companies in the Field of Micro- and Nanotechnology. Chapter 14 Drivers of Strategic Direction in High Technology Small FirmsNicholas O’Regan et al.Drivers of Strategic Direction in High Technology Small Firms. Chapter 15 Success Factors for High-Tech Start Ups: Views and Lessons of Israeli ExpertsSchaul Chorev and Alistair AndersonSuccess Factors for High-Tech Start Ups: Views and Lessons of Israeli Experts. Contributors. New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume VI. Copyright page.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Indentured
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The University of Chicago Press Department and Discipline Chicago Sociology at
Book SynopsisIn this history of the Chicago School of Sociology, Andrew Abbott investigates central topics in the emergence of modern scholarship, paying special attention to "schools of science" and how such schools reproduce themselves over time.
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The University of Chicago Press Action Versus Contemplation
Book SynopsisIt is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? With Action vs. Contemplation, Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule address the question in a refreshingly unexpected way: by refusing to take sides.Trade Review"A fascinating and inspiring tour of big ideas--worth both contemplating and acting on."--Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe "Action versus Contemplation brings a cooling sense of balance to a whole range of important and often highly polarized arguments about technology, work, education, and more. How liberating to discover that we don't need to choose between nostalgia and philistinism, Captain Ludd and Dr. Pangloss. Even better, the authors give us not just historical elaborations of the theoretical complementarity of action and contemplation, but actual, already-existing examples of the middle position at work today. They show us that, no matter how 'soulless' society seems to become, meaning-seeking behavior does and always will continue."--William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep "This is a very subtle and surprising book that nevertheless goes down easy because you expect it to take a side in a binary (i.e., to take your side), but instead it seeks to transcend that binary. There's great generosity of spirit in their writing and thinking, and that generosity will have a salutary effect on all those whose thinking this book will touch. Action versus Contemplation is itself a contemplative document meant to intervene in the world it addresses, to get us to rethink practical matters, and to act in ways that will promote thinking. It urges action as a way of thinking, and thinking as a way of acting, and is a model of what it advocates for." --William Flesch, Brandeis University
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The University of Chicago Press Opting Out Losing the Potential of Americas Young
Book SynopsisA study of racial disparity that examines why some talented black undergraduates pursue lower-paying, lower-status careers despite being amply qualified for more prosperous ones.Trade Review"This important book makes a compelling argument that the continuing presence of racism in US society decisively and negatively affects the careers of some of our most talented black college students. Beasley shows that the racism faced by talented blacks of this generation is qualitatively different than previous ones as she weaves together a history of black social mobility that is often misinterpreted and not well known among educators and policy makers." (Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University and the University of Chicago)"
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The University of Chicago Press Opting Out Losing the Potential of Americas
Book SynopsisA study of racial disparity that examines why some talented black undergraduates pursue lower-paying, lower-status careers despite being amply qualified for more prosperous ones. It is suitable for parents, educators, students, scholars, and policy makers.Trade Review"This important book makes a compelling argument that the continuing presence of racism in US society decisively and negatively affects the careers of some of our most talented black college students. Beasley shows that the racism faced by talented blacks of this generation is qualitatively different than previous ones as she weaves together a history of black social mobility that is often misinterpreted and not well known among educators and policy makers." (Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University and the University of Chicago)"
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The University of Chicago Press Building Ideas
Book SynopsisA photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli.
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The University of Chicago Press Behind the Academic Curtain How to Find Success
Book SynopsisMore people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers an user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.Trade Review"A lot of academics are going to find in this book just what they need to stimulate their own thinking and assessment of their career, whatever stage they're in. Everyone who has worked in an academic position knows what these problems are, sort of, but a large number of professors and scholars refuse to think about them or to consider, calmly and with some reference to realities, what they should do about them. Behind the Academic Curtain will help them sort out what's important to them. It provides a humane perspective on the insoluble dilemmas that inform a scholarly life." -Howard S. Becker, author of Writing for Social Scientists"
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The University of Chicago Press The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic
Book SynopsisLeads graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through the perils and rewards of their first job search. This volume covers topics ranging from how to pack an overnight bag without wrinkling a suit to the decision-making processes of hiring committees to selecting the right job to apply for in the first place.Trade Review"I think this book will help a lot of people. It is amazingly comprehensive. The authors don't assume a one-size-fits-all approach, but instead make the reader think hard about what will be the best fit for each situation, by raising the issues they raise and by discussing real-life concerns." - Lynda Delph, associate chair, Department of Biology, Indiana University"
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The University of Chicago Press American Universities in a Global Market
Book SynopsisOver the years, America's position of leadership in the world has been challenged in many ways. This title includes studies that examine various factors that contributed to America's success in higher education, including openness to people and ideas, generous governmental support, and a tradition of decentralized friendly competition.
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The University of Chicago Press American Universities in a Global Market National
Book SynopsisIn higher education, the United States is the global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. This book examines the various factors that contributed to America's success in higher education, including openness to people and ideas, generous governmental support, and a tradition of decentralized friendly competition.
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The University of Chicago Press Charting an Empire Geography at the English
Book SynopsisExamines how early modern England transformed itself into the centre of a worldwide empire. This work argues that the new study of geography played a crucial role in fuelling England's imperial ambitions, and that it helped create an ideology of empire which made imperialism possible.
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The University of Chicago Press School for Cool
Book SynopsisJazz was born on the streets, grew up in clubs, and will die - so some fear - at the university. Facing dwindling commercial demand and the gradual disappearance of venues, many aspiring jazz musicians today learn their craft, and find their careers, in one of the many academic programs that now offer jazz degrees. This book tells their story.Trade Review"School for Cool is one of the most creative, comprehensive, epistemologically and substantively provocative, and just generally fascinating books I've read in recent years. Wilf provides a remarkably attentive and wide-reaching account of cultural production, reproduction, and transformation." (Donald Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz)"
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The University of Chicago Press The Chicago Handbook of University Technology and
Book SynopsisGiven the substantial investment in academic research and millions of dollars potentially at stake, identifying best practices in university technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship is of paramount importance. This handbook intends to synthesize advanced research in this arena.Trade Review"This handbook, which is edited by three world-renowned academic experts on university technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship, provides valuable tools unavailable anywhere else. Each of the articles provides unique insights into the current state of the art in this field. This book will be of interest to both practitioners and academic scholars alike." (Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis)"
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The University of Chicago Press Off to College
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The University of Chicago Press A History of the University of Chicago Founded
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The University of Chicago Press Science for Sale The Perils Rewards and Delusions
Book SynopsisAims to reveal that campus capitalism is more complicated and less profitable than media reports would suggest. This book includes interviews with scientists and administrators. It is useful for those who care about scientific research. It shows that industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds.Trade Review"Daniel Greenberg is still the bad boy of American science policy - and that's good for all of us. His message of 'follow the science, not the money' is the right one for public health, for the nation's productivity, and for the research enterprise." - Alan Kraut, executive director, Association for Psychological Science"
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The University of Chicago Press Allies and Rivals
Book SynopsisThefirst history of the ascent of American higher education told through the lens of German-American exchange. During the nineteenth century, nearly ten thousand Americans traveled to Germany to study in universities renowned for their research and teaching. By the mid-twentieth century, American institutions led the world. How did America become the center of excellence in higher education? And what does that story reveal about who will lead in the twenty-first century?Allies and Rivals is the first history of the ascent of American higher education seen through the lens of German-American exchange. In a series of compelling portraits of such leaders as Wilhelm von Humboldt, Martha Carey Thomas, and W. E. B. Du Bois, Emily J. Levine shows how academic innovators on both sides of the Atlantic competed and collaborated to shape the research university. Even as nations sought world dominance through scholarship, universities retained values apart from politics and economics. Open bordTrade Review“In her meticulously researched, sweeping tale of the modern research university, Levine shows how American higher education was inspired by the University of Berlin, and how this model was transformed on American soil, in constant competition with Germany, into the educational landscape we have in the United States today—for better and for worse. . . . Allies and Rivals illuminates the historical roots of a problem central to higher education: while many teachers strive to introduce progressive ideas and ideals, the research university itself is a conservative institution, wedded to stability at the expense of radical innovation.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Insightful . . . [Levine] delivers this story in great, and sometimes surprising, detail. . . . Read against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the daily reports of the breaking of another string that had bound Western and Russian intellectuals, Levine’s presentation of the sundering of ties during the First World War seems something less than the history of more than a century ago." * University World News *"It may be the best history of higher education of any type in the last decade. It is, quite simply, genius – not just because it tells an old story in a unique way, but also because it challenges certain well-worn parts of the legend and shows us how the trade-offs made in designing the research university more than a century ago remain relevant today." * Higher Education Strategy Associates *"In Allies and Rivals, Emily Levine tells the story of the emergence of the modern research university through the lens of the national rivalry and exchange that linked institutions in Germany and the United States. . . . This process is skillfully explored across ten thematic chapters in this elegantly written book. . . . . This book marks an important contribution to the history of modern universities—and much beyond." * German History *“Levine’s insightful, engaging account of the modern university’s origins tells a compelling story of the university’s key role as a bridge between state and society. But Allies and Rivals also offers a haunting narrative of how that relationship can sour. This close historical comparison of the origins of the university in Germany and the United States is full of rich detail that ultimately offers a powerful and prescient warning from the past about the possibilities of the present.” * Cynthia Miller-Idriss, American University *“In another breakthrough study, Levine reconstructs the transatlantic history of how higher learning became associated with the now-familiar institutional setting of the research university—a history with great relevance to our own need to reimagine education for a new era. With its examination of national and urban competition over a century, alongside diffusion, entrepreneurship, and hybridization, Allies and Rivals is a new kind of history of the unfinished project of education, and a warrant to reconsider the ongoing transformation of our own institutions today.” * Samuel Moyn, Yale University *“Allies and Rivals is a beautifully researched and written exploration of the modern research university. It reveals the modern university to be a thing of paradox, a product of modernity and of international exchange, a jewel in the crown of the US-German relationship, and no less a product of competition, nationalism, and the many disruptions that mark the history of the early twentieth century. Levine has contributed a pathbreaking study of ideas, institutions, and international affairs—an extraordinary and riveting story.” * Michael Kimmage, The Catholic University of America *"Allies and Rivals, which explores the evolution of higher education in America and Germany during the nineteenth century through post-World War II, makes it clear that universities will always be in conversation with the state and society. Levine concludes that 'the university must strike a bargain with the state and society' and that 'any new contract must value autonomy and responsibility equally'. Anyone interested in this bargain would benefit from reading Allies and Rivals to understand where we are today, how we got here, and how the relationship between higher education, the state, and society more broadly must and can benefit all three.” * Catharine B. Hill, senior trustee of Yale University and former president of Vassar College *"Emily Levine’s closely researched history of the rise of the modern elite university, Allies and Rivals: German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University, raises... serious questions about the relationship between universities and power." * The Globe and Mail *" A very readable scholarly study of an important chapter in the history of higher education and the university's social role... Recommended." * Choice *"Allies and Rivals is one of the most important books on the history of the research university to appear in many years." * History of Education Quarterly *"Levine’s latest work deserves high praise for the new ground it covers with such nuance in the densely researched field of the history of higher education in the United States and Germany." * Central European History *"A reader looking for a serious and rigorous treatment of this historical period can expect a good one from this book. It contains invaluable sources and references. It also features insightful quotes from visionary educational leaders. Most of all, Levine presented a compelling account of the modern research universities, with the traveling of ideas at its core." * ECNU Review of Education *"German-American relations in the educational field have been an issue at least since the early 19th century when American visitors studied the German university and sought to adapt the advantages they observed and/or implied. But the relationships were also observed themselves . . . not just for the university sector . . Comparatively trained, [Levine] sees the mutual relationships as a process of 'borrowing and lending' controlled in each case's own interest. Above all, however, she does not see the shape and function of the university as governed by a single idea, such as that of autonomy, but as a construction of an organization that has to be constantly renegotiated and that has to balance heterogeneous and tension-filled expectations." * Educational Review *"Allies and Rivals is a valuable book. Educational historians should buy it, read it slowly, and realize that we cannot fully understand our universities without looking to other nations." -- Robert Hampel and James C. Albisetti * Teachers College Record *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The University’s Century 1. The Humboldtian Contract and the Federalist Origins of the Research University 2. Göttingen in Baltimore: The Stakes of Knowledge Exchange 3. Meet Me in St. Louis: Dilemmas of the Knowledge Economy 4. Reluctant Innovators: Change from the Margins 5. An “Aristocracy of Excellence”: The Rise of the Professions 6. Carnegie, Capital, and the Kaiser 7. World War I and the Invention of Academic Freedom 8. The “Hour for Experiment” in New York and Frankfurt 9. 1933: Annus Horribilis 10. 1933: Annus Mirabilis Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Archives Consulted Selected Bibliography
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The University of Chicago Press Educated in Romance Women Achievement and College
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The University of Chicago Press Campus Life Undergraduate Cultures from the End
Book SynopsisBased on subtle, imaginative readings of autobiographies, memoirs, fiction and secondary sources, [Campus Life] tells the story of the changing mentalities of American undergraduates over two centuries. Michael Moffatt, New York Times Book Review
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The University of Chicago Press The Critique of Pure Modernity Hegel Heidegger
Book SynopsisAspiring college students and their families have many options. A student can attend an in-state or an out-of-state school, a public or private college, a two-year community college program or a four-year university program.
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The University of Chicago Press The Division of Literature Or the University in
Book SynopsisHow has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature.
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The University of Chicago Press Doing Honest Work in College Third Edition How
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging guide to issues and citation styles that students will encounter across the length and breadth of their college careers.
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The University of Chicago Press U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy NBER
Book SynopsisSince the late 1950s, the engineering job market in the United States has been fraught with fears of a shortage of engineering skill and talent. U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy brings clarity to issues of supply and demand in this important market. Following a general overview of engineering-labor market trends, the volume examines the educational pathways of undergraduate engineers and their entry into the labor market, the impact of engineers working in firms on productivity and innovation, and different dimensions of the changing engineering labor market, from licensing to changes in demand and guest worker programs. The volume provides insights on engineering education, practice, and careers that can inform educational institutions, funding agencies, and policy makers about the challenges facing the United States in developing its engineering workforce in the global economy.
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The University of Chicago Press A Feminist Perspective in the Academy The
Book SynopsisThe advent of women's studies has brought a feminist perspective into the academybut has it made a difference there? Has it transformed our curriculum; has it reshaped our materials; has it altered our knowledge? In the essays collected here, nine distinguished scholars provide an overview of the differences the feminist perspective makesand could makein scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Carefully documented and judiciously critical, these essays inform the reader about developments in feminist scholarship in literary criticism, the performing arts, religion, history, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. The authors point out achievements of lasting value and indicate how these might become an integral part of the various disciplines.
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The University of Chicago Press MOOCs and Their Afterlives Experiments in Scale
Book SynopsisA trio of headlines in the Chronicle of Higher Education seem to say it all: in 2013, A Bold Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves; in 2014, Doubts About MOOCs Continue to Rise, and in 2015, The MOOC Hype Fades. At the beginning of the 2010s, MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, seemed poised to completely revolutionize higher education. But now, just a few years into the revolution, educators' enthusiasm seems to have cooled. As advocates and critics try to make sense of the rise and fall of these courses, both groups are united by one question: Where do we go from here? Elizabeth Losh has gathered experts from across disciplines education, rhetoric, philosophy, literary studies, history, computer science, and journalism to tease out lessons and chart a course into the future of open, online education. Instructors talk about what worked and what didn't. Students share their experiences as participants. And scholars consider the ethics of this education. The collection goes beyond MOOC
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The University of Chicago Press MOOCs and Their Afterlives Experiments in Scale
Book SynopsisA trio of headlines in the Chronicle of Higher Education seem to say it all: in 2013, A Bold Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves; in 2014, Doubts About MOOCs Continue to Rise, and in 2015, The MOOC Hype Fades. At the beginning of the 2010s, MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, seemed poised to completely revolutionize higher education. But now, just a few years into the revolution, educators' enthusiasm seems to have cooled. As advocates and critics try to make sense of the rise and fall of these courses, both groups are united by one question: Where do we go from here? Elizabeth Losh has gathered experts from across disciplines education, rhetoric, philosophy, literary studies, history, computer science, and journalism to tease out lessons and chart a course into the future of open, online education. Instructors talk about what worked and what didn't. Students share their experiences as participants. And scholars consider the ethics of this education. The collection goes beyond MOOC
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The University of Chicago Press Powers of the Mind The Reinvention of Liberal
Book SynopsisConsiders the liberal education that universities purport to offer, and proposes various ways to think about liberal learning. This book begins by defining basic values of modernity and then considering various curricular principles. It attempts to construct a paradigm for liberal arts applicable to various settings in the world.Trade Review"Writing as scholar, teacher, and dean, Levine provides rich evidence that current debates in the world of liberal education are part of a continuing negotiation that has deep but frequently forgotten roots." - Carol Schneider, president, Association of American Colleges and Universities "A fascinating history of curricular debates at the University of Chicago, reaching back to its founding more than a century ago. It is a story of serious teachers responding to continuous change in the world and in particular academic disciplines while always keeping in view the enduring goal of liberal education, which Levine succinctly calls the 'cultivation of human powers.'" - Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of Books"
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The University of Chicago Press What Do You Think Mr. Ramirez The American
Book SynopsisGeoffrey Galt Harpham's book takes its title from a telling anecdote. A few years ago Harpham met a Cuban immigrant on a college campus, who told of arriving, penniless and undocumented, in the 1960s and eventually earning a GED and making his way to a community college. In a literature course one day, the professor asked him, Mr. Ramirez, what do you think? The question, said Ramirez, changed his life because it was the first time anyone had asked me that. Realizing that his opinion had value set him on a course that led to his becoming a distinguished professor. That, says Harpham, was the midcentury promise of American education, the deep current of commitment and aspiration that undergirded the educational system that was built in the postwar years, and is under extended assault today. The United States was founded, he argues, on the idea that interpreting its foundational documents was the highest calling of opinion, and for a brief moment at midcentury, the country turned to Engl
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The University of Chicago Press What Do You Think Mr. Ramirez The American
Book SynopsisGeoffrey Galt Harpham's book takes its title from a telling anecdote. A few years ago Harpham met a Cuban immigrant on a college campus, who told of arriving, penniless and undocumented, in the 1960s and eventually earning a GED and making his way to a community college. In a literature course one day, the professor asked him, Mr. Ramirez, what do you think? The question, said Ramirez, changed his life because it was the first time anyone had asked me that. Realizing that his opinion had value set him on a course that led to his becoming a distinguished professor. That, says Harpham, was the midcentury promise of American education, the deep current of commitment and aspiration that undergirded the educational system that was built in the postwar years, and is under extended assault today. The United States was founded, he argues, on the idea that interpreting its foundational documents was the highest calling of opinion, and for a brief moment at midcentury, the country turned to Engl
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The University of Chicago Press Deconstruction
Book SynopsisThe basic story of the rise, reign, and fall of deconstruction as a literary and philosophical groundswell is well known among scholars. In this intellectual history, Gregory Jones-Katz aims to transform the broader understanding of a movement that has been frequently misunderstood, mischaracterized, and left for dead--even as its principles and influence transformed literary studies and a host of other fields in the humanities. Deconstruction begins well before Jacques Derrida's initial American presentation of his deconstructive work in a famed lecture at Johns Hopkins University in 1966 and continues through several decades of theoretic growth and tumult. While much of the subsequent story remains focused, inevitably, on Yale University and the personalities and curriculum that came to be lumped under the Yale school umbrella, Deconstruction makes clear how crucial feminism, queer theory, and gender studies also were to the lifeblood of this mode of thought. Ultimately, Jones-KatTrade Review"The power of Gregory Jones-Katz’s extraordinarily well-researched Deconstruction, apart from dodging the extremes of obeisance and dismissal, is not to have adopted deconstruction’s aversion toward situating the movement in its time and place. He capably walks his reader through the fine-grained details of seminal texts, but also wisely moves beyond them, perhaps implying that the school’s interest for us today lies less in its stable of familiar themes than in its improbable success." * Chronicle of Higher Education *“A penetrating, illuminating, and highly readable study of a crucial episode in the intellectual and cultural history of late twentieth-century America. Jones-Katz pursues the trajectories of the American practitioners of deconstructionist thought with great insight, deep research, and stylistic verve. He offers many cogent accounts of the works and arguments of this sizeable group, and does so not only with attention to the inner logics of specific texts, but with considerable attention to their intellectual and institutional contexts.” * Warren Breckman, author of Adventures of the Symbolic: Postmarxism and Radical Democracy *“An excellent, important, and timely book, calling our attention to a revolution in American intellectual life during the 1970s and ’80s. Jones-Katz guides us through the various ecosystems in which deconstructive thought was fostered and developed, showing us how it was able to take American academia by storm.” * Edward Baring, author of Converts to the Real: Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy *“An illuminating, often surprising account of deconstruction in American academia in the last third of the twentieth century. As one present at the creation and ascendancy of the ‘Hermeneutic Mafia,’ I repeatedly nodded assent—often with a chuckle—at his portraits of characters whom I had then encountered. Deconstruction is undoubtedly an inviting, important, and well-wrought contribution to modern American intellectual history.” * Robert Westbrook, author of Democratic Hope: Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter One A Crisis in Undergraduate Literary Education at Yale: Lit X and the Literature MajorChapter Two Evolution by Subversion: Vanguard Critics and ProtodeconstructionChapter Three Deconstruction as a Pedagogical-Intellectual Project and the Burdens of Academic CriticismChapter Four Feminist Cultural Politics: The Brides of Deconstruction and CriticismChapter Five Speaking in Tongues: The de Man Affair and History with(out) RhetoricEpilogue: Don’t Dream It’s OverAcknowledgments Notes Index
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