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With economy and clarity, Lucas, professor of education at the University of Arkansas, limns the antecedents of the American college and university system. Proceeding from an examination of the Western cultural heritage to today's higher educational establishments, which he characterizes as unchecked sprawl, overlapping missions and amorphous identities, Lucas avoids contrasting the "untidy" present with a purportedly idyllic past. Instead, he shows that contemporary academic issues often have ancient lineage: town-and-gown antagonism, secret societies, grade inflation. Written for the general reader, this study illuminates current issues of higher education.
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Lucas (education, Univ. of Arkansas) touches upon many of the current debates in the academic world and shows how these controversies are really not new. One might believe that the early academics were solely seekers of knowledge, but the author discovers that "students in all times have pursued higher learning for a great variety of reasons, that their motives have been mixed, not pure." Lucas then explores other common misconceptions about higher education. The title is misleading as the first third of the text discusses the beginnings of education through the rise of the medieval university while the remainder documents the growth and development of American academe, including current issues such as gender and multiculturalism. Recommended for academic libraries.
Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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With economy and clarity, Lucas, professor of education at the University of Arkansas, limns the antecedents of the American college and university system. Proceeding from an examination of the Western cultural heritage to today's higher educational establishments, which he characterizes as unchecked sprawl, overlapping missions and amorphous identities, Lucas avoids contrasting the "untidy" present with a purportedly idyllic past. Instead, he shows that contemporary academic issues often have ancient lineage: town-and-gown antagonism, secret societies, grade inflation. Written for the general reader, this study illuminates current issues of higher education.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Lucas (education, Univ. of Arkansas) touches upon many of the current debates in the academic world and shows how these controversies are really not new. One might believe that the early academics were solely seekers of knowledge, but the author discovers that "students in all times have pursued higher learning for a great variety of reasons, that their motives have been mixed, not pure." Lucas then explores other common misconceptions about higher education. The title is misleading as the first third of the text discusses the beginnings of education through the rise of the medieval university while the remainder documents the growth and development of American academe, including current issues such as gender and multiculturalism. Recommended for academic libraries.
Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Great Books, Honors Programs, and Hidden Origins: The Virginia Plan and the University of Virginia in the Liberal Arts Movement (History of Education) by William Haarlow on 5 pages
- Crisis in the Academy: Rethinking Higher Education in America by Christopher J. Lucas in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Exploring The Heritage Of American Higher Education: The Evolution Of Philosophy And Policy by E. Grady Bogue on page 157, and Back Matter
- Berea College: An Illustrated History by Shannon H. Wilson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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