Daniels, Ronald J.  1959- <br/><br/>
What Universities Owe Democracy /  
Ronald J. Daniels ; with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector. 
 - 1 online resource (336 pages). 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Introduction -- American dreams : access, mobility, fairness -- Free minds : educating democratic citizens -- Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power -- Purposeful pluralism : dialogue across difference on campus -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> "This book identifies four distinct functions of American higher education that colleges and universities have acquired over the past two hundred years and that are integral to liberal democracy: social mobility, citizenship education, the discovery and communication of knowledge, and the cultivation of a pluralistic society. Each chapter takes up one of these functions to analyze and assess"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421444307 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.<br/>Democracy and education.<br/>Enseignement superieur--Finalites--États-Unis.<br/>Democratie et education--États-Unis.<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.<br/>Democracy and education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.