What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education
Author | : Michael Bérubé |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2007-09-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393254938 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393254933 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Download or read book What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education written by Michael Bérubé and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia Inquirer Described as one of the "101 Most Dangerous Academics in America" by right-wing critic David Horowitz, Michael Bérubé has become a leading liberal voice in the ongoing culture wars. This "smooth and swift read" (New Criterion) offers a definitive rebuttal of conservative activists' most incendiary claims about American universities, and in the process makes a supple case for liberalism itself. An important polemic as well as "a clear-eyed, occasionally quite humorous account of the joys and frustrations of running a college classroom" (New York Observer), this book is required reading for anyone concerned about the political climate on and off campus.