{"product_id":"for-the-common-good-a-new-history-of-higher-education-in-america-hardcover","title":"For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFor the Common Good, \u003c\/i\u003e Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in higher education by investigating two centuries of college and university history. From the community college to the elite research university--in states from California to Maine--Dorn engages a fundamental question confronted by higher education institutions ever since the nation's founding: Do colleges and universities contribute to the common good?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking changes in the prevailing social ethos between the late eighteenth and early twenty-first centuries, Dorn illustrates the ways in which civic-mindedness, practicality, commercialism, and affluence influenced higher education's dedication to the public good. Each ethos, long a part of American history and tradition, came to predominate over the others during one of the four chronological periods examined in the book, informing the character of institutional debates and telling the definitive story of its time. \u003ci\u003eFor the Common Good \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how two hundred years of political, economic, and social change prompted transformation among colleges and universities--including the establishment of entirely new kinds of institutions--and refashioned higher education in the United States over time in essential and often vibrant ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dorn is Professor of Education and Chair of the Education Department at Bowdoin College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Education, Democracy, and the Second World War.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761384423712,"sku":"9780801452345","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/726b7c4a6e243268af6e8cbac1a1b082.webp?v=1780206155","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/for-the-common-good-a-new-history-of-higher-education-in-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}