Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known
for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his
commentary on education has received comparatively little
attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural
obsession with restless mobility for decades, arguing that it
causes damage to both the land and the character of our
communities. Education, he maintains, plays a central role in this
obsession, inculcating in students' minds the American dream of
moving up and moving on. Drawing on Berry's essays, fiction, and
poetry, Jack R. Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro illuminate the influential
thinker's vision for higher education in this pathbreaking study.
Each chapter begins with an examination of one of Berry's fictional
narratives and then goes on to consider how the passage inspires
new ways of thinking about the university's mission. Throughout,
Baker and Bilbro argue that instead of training students to live in
their careers, universities should educate students to inhabit and
serve their places. The authors also offer practical suggestions
for how students, teachers, and administrators might begin
implementing these ideas. Baker and Bilbro conclude that
institutions guided by Berry's vision might cultivate citizens who
can begin the work of healing their communities -- graduates who
have been educated for responsible membership in a family, a
community, or a polity.
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