Why higher education should have a leftist bias /

Presenting a thoughtful justification for the academic left in American higher education, Donald Lazere argues that in order to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the conservative bias in ac...

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Main Author: Lazere, Donald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]
Series:Education, politics, and public life.
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Summary:Presenting a thoughtful justification for the academic left in American higher education, Donald Lazere argues that in order to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the conservative bias in academia, the media and politics that is considered to be the status quo.
Physical Description:xviii, 268 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137349644 (hardback)
1137349646 (hardback)