The higher learning in America : a memorandum on the conduct of universities by business men
Thorstein Veblen (Author), Richard F. Teichgraeber (Editor)
"Veblen's insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American universities to abandon commitments to extraneous pursuits such as athletics, community service, and vocational education. He also believed that the corporate model of governance--with university boards of trustees dominated by well-to-do businessmen and university presidents who functioned essentially as businessmen in academic dress--mandated unsavory techniques of salesmanship and self-promotion that threatened to reduce institutions of higher learning to the status of competitive business enterprises."--Publisher's Web site
eBook, English, 2015
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Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2015
1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages)
9781421416793, 1421416794, 1421416794
908146232
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Editor�s Note""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Thorstein Veblen Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""Veblen in Historical Context""; ""The Composition of The Higher Learning in America""; ""The Professors� Literature of Protest""; ""Veblen and the Professors� Literature of Protest""; ""What Set Veblen Apart? Why Read Veblen Today?""; ""THE HIGHER LEARNING IN AMERICA: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men""; ""Preface""; ""I. Introductory""; ""II. The Governing Boards""; ""III. The Academic Administration and Policy"" IV. Academic Prestige and the Material EquipmentV. The Academic Personnel
VI. The Portion of the Scientist
VII. Vocational Training
VIII. Summary and Trial Balance
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