TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniels,Ronald J.
AU  - Shreve,Grant
AU  - Spector,Phillip
TI  - What universities owe democracy
SN  - 9781421442693 (hardcover)
AV  - LA 227.4 D186w 2021
U1  - 378.73 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Educación y democracia
KW  - Educación superior
KW  - Fines y objetivos
KW  - Estados Unidos
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- American dreams : access, mobility, fairness -- Free minds : educating democratic citizens -- Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power -- Purposeful pluralism : dialogue across difference on campus -- Conclusion
N2  - "This book identifies four distinct functions of American higher education that colleges and universities have acquired over the past two hundred years and that are integral to liberal democracy: social mobility, citizenship education, the discovery and communication of knowledge, and the cultivation of a pluralistic society. Each chapter takes up one of these functions to analyze and assess"--
ER  -