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The Idea of a University (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Idea of a University (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition
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Since its publication almost 150 years ago, The Idea of a
University has had an extraordinary influence on the shaping and
goals of higher education. The issues that John Henry Newman
raised-the place of religion and moral values in the university
setting, the competing claims of liberal and professional
education, the character of the academic community, the cultural
role of literature, the relation of religion and science-have
provoked discussion from Newman's time to our own. This edition of
The Idea of a University includes the full text of "University
Teaching" and four selections from "University Subjects," together
with five essays by leading scholars that explore the background
and the present day relevance of Newman's themes. In the essays
Martha Garland discusses the character and organization of the
early nineteenth-century English universities upon which Newman
based much of his vision; Frank M. Turner traces the impact of
Newman's influence during the vast expansion of higher education
since World War II; George Marsden investigates how the decreasing
emphasis on religion has affected higher education; Sara Castro
Klaren examines the implications of Newman's views on education and
literature for current debates between proponents of a curriculum
based on western civilization and one based on multiculturalism;
and George Landow considers what the advent of electronic
communication will mean to university teaching, research, and
community. To aid accessibility, the edition also includes an
analytical table of contents, a chronology and biographical sketch
of Newman's life, questions for discussion, expanded notes, and a
glossary of names, all of which will help make this the standard
teaching text for Newman's work.
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