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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMartin's carefully argued book is a welcome contribution to helping us reimagine the place of higher education in an increasingly unequal and fractured world. * Jennifer Morton, Jennifer Morton, Ethics *
Martin's The Right to Higher Education is sure to become a touchstone text in higher education research. Though many theorists and advocates increasingly support thinking of higher education as a right, few offer arguments for this claim. Martin's careful, tightly argued book does just that. But perhaps the most significant contribution this book makes is shifting the debate in higher education away from inequality and economic mobility. Instead, Martin asks us to consider what role higher education should play in our lives. * Jennifer Morton, University of Pennsylvania *
In this remarkable book, Christopher Martin argues that there is a robust, universal right to higher education and that vindicating this right requires reimagining the role of higher education in our lives. Drawing expertly on the tradition of perfectionist liberalism, Martin makes the case that the state has the authority-and the duty-to arrange higher educational institutions in a way that guarantees, to each citizen, the opportunity to live autonomously over the full course of a life. Few readers will come away unmoved by this inspiring vision of the place of higher education in a free society. * David O'Brien, Tulane University *
Christopher Martin's book provides an original and comprehensive justification of higher education, which shapes a compelling vision of what universities and colleges should be doing. A major contribution to the philosophy of education, that should be read not just by philosophers, but by higher education teachers and leaders. * Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison *
Martin's political theory of higher education introduces significant aspects that the ongoing conversations have largely overlooked. Recommended. Graduate students; faculty; general readers. * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Changing the Conversation about the Value of Higher Education Chapter 1: Values and Aims of Higher Education Chapter 2: Citizenship as an Aim of Higher Education Chapter 3: Adulthood and the Right to Education Chapter 4: The Right to Higher Education Chapter 5: The Right to Higher Education and Political Authority Chapter 6: The Right to Higher Education and the Problem of Unequal Benefits Chapter 7: What Should the Right to Higher Education Look Like?
