Take Back Higher Education
Author | : Henry A. Giroux |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2004-05-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 1403964238 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781403964236 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Download or read book Take Back Higher Education written by Henry A. Giroux and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education is under siege. No longer viewed as a public good, it is attacked by businesses who want to refashion institutions in the image of the marketplace. Higher education is the target of cultural conservatives who have undermined academic freedom and access by deriding the academy as a hotbed of left-multicultural-radicalism and anti-Americanism. The historic mission to educate students as citizens motivated by democratic values is overshadowed by profit margins. Giroux and Giroux argue that the greatest danger faced by higher education comes from corporatization and educational apartheid. If higher education is to meet the challenges of a democratic future, it must encourage students to be critical thinkers and citizens, as it vouchsafes conditions for educators to produce scholarship in the service of an inclusive democracy.