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Higher Education at a Crossroads
Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Denzin, Norman K. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0820479144     ISBN-13: 9780820479149
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
OUR PRICE: $46.46  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Education | Aims & Objectives
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
Dewey: 378.73
LCCN: 2005010675
Series: Higher Ed
Physical Information: 254 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 233
 
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The central argument of this book posits that today's American university is dysfunctional or, perhaps, Dysacademic. This affective disorder is traced to the increasingly corporate and performative utilities of many contemporary institutions of higher education. Today's commodified and closed university doesn't transform the self as it once did, when the pedagogy of Bildung emphasized the development of character and culture by teaching the rules of thought. Rather, the dysfunctional American university controls, constricts, and normalizes its subjects according to hyper-structured, accreditation-happy, economically driven disciplinary specialization, and a priori established standards and outcomes that work to define and transform the effective utility of higher education. After deconstructing the discourse of Dysacademia, the author outlines his vision for a third curriculum, one wrought with complexity, self-organization, and critical, open spaces.
 
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