University – A Reckoning - Lee C. Bollinger

The American university is facing an unprecedented assault from the president of the United States. Defences of the university usually emphasise the practical benefits it offers to society such as highly skilled graduates, scientific research and technological breakthroughs. Bollinger offers a more original account, revealing how the structure of the university contributes to the success of the American system, and why that structure is both impossible to re-create and vulnerable to outside attack.... Zobrazit více