CONTENTS
Preface = ⅸ
Introduction : Toward a Philosophy of Higher Education = 1
1. The Higher Learning
Philosophies Legitimating Higher Education·Conflict of Philosophies·Predominance of Political Philosophy·Underlying Pragmatism·Is the University an Anachronism? = 11
2. Academic Autonomy
Limits of Autonomy·Autonomy in the Academic Hierarchy·Collective Bargaining·Student Participation = 26
3. Academic Freedom
Justification of Academic Freedom·Limits of Academic Freedom·Freedom and the Politicization of Higher Education·Political and Religious Orthodoxy·Students and Academic Freedom·Civil Liberties = 39
4. Higher Education for Whom?
The Few Versus the Many·Higher Education : Right or Privilege?·Meritocracy and Egalitarianism·Higher and Lower Higher Education = 56
5. General and Vocational Education
Liberal Education·Vocational Education·General Education·Activism and the Counter-Culture = 68
6. Pedagogy of Higher Education
Types of Pedagogy·Selection of the Curriculum·Structure of the Curriculum·Organization of the Curriculum·Motivation of Learning·The Grading System = 86
7. Ethics of Scholarship
Obligation to One's Discipline·Ethical Tangents to Academic Freedom·Financial Considerations·Sanctions = 102
8. The University as a Church = 116
Bibliography = 125
Index = 137
