Just as our society is polarized, higher education is no less
divided as to its mission and purpose, whether it should be
preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens,
whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote
intellectual curiosity and independent thinking, and whether it
should pursue a neoliberal agenda or promote a liberal education.
Whose scholarship, culture and epistemologies should be validated?
Should it be a private or a public good? Preserve tenure or erode
it? What role should colleges and universities play in addressing
economic inequality and systemic racism? The answers to these
questions are critical for the future of our society as our
universities and colleges are the nurseries of the values and
philosophies that shape it. The chapters in this book review the
contributions of seventeen public intellectuals who have been at
the forefront of these issues and significantly contributed to
these debates. Each describes the genesis of each scholar's ideas
and presents and critiques his or her core insights and arguments.
The seventeen public intellectuals represent a spectrum of opinion,
from the conservative to the progressive. At this pivotal moment
when much of higher education is in economic crisis, and public
trust in it has been eroded, this book offers a robust entry point
for considering the options and directions ahead for anyone in a
leadership position. The book will also be valuable for higher
education courses to stimulate debate about these critical issues
and introduce readers to the seminal thinkers in the field.
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