A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has left American universities under the yoke of narrow-minded management models. As corporate culture increasingly invades educational and other public sectors, we as a nation have lost a clear vision of the public good and the necessary components of a vital democracy. Prominent scholars in this book seek to redress these trends. They move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership. They also suggest how we can move beyond the stagnation of current debates to more fully embrace the democratic possibilities of public education.
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It cannot be stressed strongly enough how important this volume of studies is to the discussion of pedagogy in institutions of higher learning. (Teaching Theology & Religion )
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and teaching. (College Literature )
Beyond the Corporate University includes valuable essays on pedagogical and curricular strategies. (Jac )
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and teaching..... (College Literature )
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and teaching. (College Literature )
Beyond the Corporate University includes valuable essays on pedagogical and curricular strategies. (Jac )
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and teaching..... (College Literature )
About the Author
Henry A. Giroux is the Waterbury Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of several books including, The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence and Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth.
Kostas Myrsiades is professor of English at West Chester University and the editor of The College Literature Journal.
Kostas Myrsiades is professor of English at West Chester University and the editor of The College Literature Journal.
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