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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2013]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 268 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137349644 (hardback) 1137349646 (hardback) |