We demand: the university and student protests

"In the post-World War II period, students rebelled against the archaic university. In student-led movements, they fought for the new kinds of public the university needed to serve...women, minorities, immigrants, indigenous people, and more...with a success that had a profound impact on the in...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Roderick A. 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2017]
Series:American studies now 1
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"In the post-World War II period, students rebelled against the archaic university. In student-led movements, they fought for the new kinds of public the university needed to serve...women, minorities, immigrants, indigenous people, and more...with a success that had a profound impact on the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century. Because of their efforts, ethnic studies, women's studies, and American studies were born, and minority communities have become more visible and important to academic debate. Less than fifty years since this pivotal shift in the academy, however, the university is fighting back. In We Demand, Roderick A. Ferguson shows how the university, particularly the public university, is moving away from "the people" in all their diversity. As more resources are put toward STEM education, humanities and interdisciplinary programs are being cut and shuttered. This has had a devastating effect on the pursuit of knowledge, and on interdisciplinary programs born from the hard work and effort of an earlier generation. This is not only a reactionary move against the social advances since the '60s and '70s, but part of the larger threat of anti-intellectualism in the United States."...Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 122 Seiten
ISBN:9780520292994
9780520293007

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