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Tiêu đề
The triumph of the market and the decline of liberal education: Implications for civic life
Tác giả
Roosevelt G.
Năm xuất bản
2006
Source title
Teachers College Record
Số trích dẫn
6
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00698.x
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Tóm tắt
The purpose of this article is to argue that the growing commercialization of education and the simultaneous decline of what has traditionally been called "liberal education" will limit the range of political discourse and thus have negative effects on civic life. In a context driven mainly by the profit motive, not-for-profit educational institutions have until recently provided one of the few protected spaces (besides the church) in which the profit motive itself may be openly questioned. But with today's new emphasis on marketable products, measurable outcomes, and business skills, many institutions of higher education are unlikely to expose students to visions of justice and equality that challenge the ethics of the market system. Debates over the extent to which profit making should be regulated in the public interest are crucial to the vitality of any political community. Without the political imagination and broad-based critical thinking that liberal learning has traditionally fostered, there is little hope that liberal politics can continue to survive. The article includes (1) some salient facts about the commercialization of education in the United States today, (2) a brief overview of the history of the idea of liberal education, and (3) concluding reflections about the link between liberal education and liberal politics. Copyright © by Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Teachers College, Columbia University
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