College : what it was, is, and should be / Andrew Delbanco

By:

Delbanco, Andrew, 1952-

Language: English Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013Description: xiv, 229 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9780691158297
0691158290

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

378.09

LOC classification:

LA 227.4 D344c 2013

Contents:

What is college for? -- Origins -- From college to university -- Who went? Who goes? Who pays? -- Brave new world -- What is to be done? What is college for? -- Origins -- From college to university -- Who went? Who goes? Who pays? -- Brave new world -- What is to be done?

Summary: Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. --from publisher description

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LA 227.4 D344c 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000132674

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-214) and index.

Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. --from publisher description

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