Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The Princeton University Bulletin
Author: The Princeton University Bulletin
Author: Francis Landey PattonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
University Bulletin
Author: University of California, BerkeleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Bulletin. Library Series
Author: University of MissouriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Hooked
Author: Markus PriorPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108420672
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Political interest is the strongest predictor of 'good citizenship', yet little is known about it. This book explains why some people find politics interesting while others don't.
The American College Catalog
Author: Harry Parker WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
College
Author: Andrew DelbancoPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691246386
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience—an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers—is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise. In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, 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. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.
Who Leads Whom?
Author: Brandice Canes-WronePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226092496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the country? Why do presidents "go public" with policy appeals? And do those appeals affect legislative outcomes? Analyzing the actions of modern presidents ranging from Eisenhower to Clinton, Brandice Canes-Wrone demonstrates that presidents' involvement of the mass public, by putting pressure on Congress, shifts policy in the direction of majority opinion. More important, she also shows that presidents rarely cater to the mass citizenry unless they already agree with the public's preferred course of action. With contemporary politics so connected to the pulse of the American people, Who Leads Whom? offers much-needed insight into how public opinion actually works in our democratic process. Integrating perspectives from presidential studies, legislative politics, public opinion, and rational choice theory, this theoretical and empirical inquiry will appeal to a wide range of scholars of American political processes.
Library Bulletins
Author: Bulletin
Author: Association of American CollegesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Includes the Association's proceedings.