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Capital of Mind

- The Idea of a Modern American University
Af: Adam R. Nelson Engelsk Hardback

Capital of Mind

- The Idea of a Modern American University
Af: Adam R. Nelson Engelsk Hardback
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The second volume of an ambitious new economic history of American higher education. Capital of Mind is the second volume in a breathtakingly ambitious new economic history of American higher education. Picking up from the first volume, Exchange of Ideas, Adam R. Nelson looks at the early decades of the nineteenth century, explaining how the idea of the modern university arose from a set of institutional and ideological reforms designed to foster the mass production and mass consumption of knowledge. This “industrialization of ideas” mirrored the industrialization of the American economy and catered to the demands of a new industrial middle class for practical and professional education. From Harvard in the north to the University of Virginia in the south, new experiments with the idea of a university elicited intense debate about the role of scholarship in national development and international competition, and whether higher education should be supported by public funds, especially in periods of fiscal austerity. The history of capitalism and the history of the university, Nelson reveals, are intimately intertwined—which raises a host of important questions that remain salient today. How do we understand knowledge and education as commercial goods? Should they be public or private? Who should pay for them? And, fundamentally, what is the optimal system of higher education for a capitalist democracy?
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The second volume of an ambitious new economic history of American higher education. Capital of Mind is the second volume in a breathtakingly ambitious new economic history of American higher education. Picking up from the first volume, Exchange of Ideas, Adam R. Nelson looks at the early decades of the nineteenth century, explaining how the idea of the modern university arose from a set of institutional and ideological reforms designed to foster the mass production and mass consumption of knowledge. This “industrialization of ideas” mirrored the industrialization of the American economy and catered to the demands of a new industrial middle class for practical and professional education. From Harvard in the north to the University of Virginia in the south, new experiments with the idea of a university elicited intense debate about the role of scholarship in national development and international competition, and whether higher education should be supported by public funds, especially in periods of fiscal austerity. The history of capitalism and the history of the university, Nelson reveals, are intimately intertwined—which raises a host of important questions that remain salient today. How do we understand knowledge and education as commercial goods? Should they be public or private? Who should pay for them? And, fundamentally, what is the optimal system of higher education for a capitalist democracy?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 480
ISBN-13: 9780226829203
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0226829200
Kategori: Pædagogik
Udg. Dato: 2 jan 2024
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 237mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 2 jan 2024
Forfatter(e): Adam R. Nelson
Forfatter(e) Adam R. Nelson

Kategori Pædagogik

ISBN-13 9780226829203

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 480

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 237mm

Højde 162mm

Udg. Dato 2 jan 2024

Oplagsdato 2 jan 2024

Forlag The University of Chicago Press