The Attack on Higher Education, 9781108471923
Hardcover
Is higher education under attack? History offers a warning.

The Attack on Higher Education

the dissolution of the american university

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  • Hardcover

    370 pages

  • Release Date

    20 January 2022

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Summary

Crumbling Ivory Towers: An Examination of the Assault on American Higher Education

American higher education faces unprecedented challenges. A rising right-wing narrative paints academia as corrupt, irrelevant, expensive, and a danger to students and the country. Budget cuts, attacks on the liberal arts and humanities, faculty layoffs, technological disruptions, corporatization, and campus closures have accelerated in recent years.

Drawing on the historical precedent of Henr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781108471923
ISBN-10:1108471927
Author:Ronald G. Musto
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:370
Release Date:20 January 2022
Weight:680g
Dimensions:235mm x 160mm x 25mm
About The Author

Ronald G. Musto

Award-winning historian Ronald Musto has taught at three universities and served at ACLS Humanities E-Book (co-director), Medieval Academy of America (executive director, editor of Speculum), and Italica Press (co-publisher). He is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. He is co-author, with Eileen Gardiner, of The Digital Humanities.

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