Why higher education should have a l...
Lazere, Donald,

 

  • Why higher education should have a leftist bias /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 379.73
    Title/Author: Why higher education should have a leftist bias // Donald Lazere.
    Author: Lazere, Donald,
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Subject: Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States.
    Subject: Conservatisme - États-Unis.
    Subject: Enseignement supérieur - Aspect politique - États-Unis.
    Subject: EDUCATION / Administration / General
    Subject: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
    Subject: EDUCATION / Higher.
    Subject: EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
    Subject: EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General.
    ISBN: 1137344903 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781137344908 (electronic bk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: Introduction: The Dilemma of Culture-Wars Polemics: Distinguishing Valuable Originals from Gross Parodies -- PART I: COUNTERING THE BIAS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL -- 1. Conservatism as the Unmarked Norm -- 2. Restricted-Code Conservatism -- 3. Socialism as a Cognitive Alternative -- PART II: COUNTERING THE CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-ESTABLISHMENT -- 4. The Conservative Attack Machine: Admit Nothing, Deny Everything, Launch Counterattack -- 5. Right-Wing Deconstruction: Mimicry and False Equivalences -- 6. From Partisan Review to Fox News: Neoconservatives As Defenders Of Intellectual Standards -- 7. Conservative Culture-War Scholarship: Fair and Balanced? -- PART III: RESPONSIBLE LEFTIST TEACHING -- 8. Balancing Commitment and Fairness: Giving Conservatives Their Best Shot -- 9. A Case Study: Conservative versus Leftist Views on College Costs -- 10. The Radical Humanistic Canon -- Conclusion: An Appeal to Conservative Readers.
    [NT 15000229]: "Presenting a thoughtful justification for the academic left in American higher education, Donald Lazere argues that in order to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the conservative bias in academia, the media, and politics that is considered to be the status quo"--
    Online resource: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137344908
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