The Making of the Modern University: Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality

by Julie A. Reuben

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What is the purpose of higher education, and how should we pursue it? Debates over these issues raged in the late nineteenth century as reformers introduced a new kind of university--one dedicated to free inquiry and the advancement of knowledge. In the first major study of moral education in American universities, Julie Reuben examines the consequences of these debates for modern intellectual life.

Based on extensive research at eight universities--Harvard,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226710203

ISBN13:9780226710204

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:374 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

College & University Education Education & Reference Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Textbooks

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