Taking the University to the People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taking the University to the People write by Wayne D. Ramussen. This book was released on 2002-09. Taking the University to the People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taking the University to the People will be of interest to agricultural historians and economists, rural sociologists, economic planners, political scientists, and the many involved in Extension Services. This commemorative volume celebrates the seventy-five year history of Cooperative Extension and briefly considers its potential role and continuing significance for the twenty-first century.
Colleges That Change Lives
Colleges That Change Lives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colleges That Change Lives write by Loren Pope. This book was released on 2006-07-25. Colleges That Change Lives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include: Evaluations of each school's program and "personality" Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans Information on the progress of graduates This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.
The Constitution
The Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Constitution write by Michael Stokes Paulsen. This book was released on 2017-01-03. The Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive modern primer on the US Constitution, “an eloquent testament to the Constitution as a covenant across generations” (National Review). From freedom of speech to gun ownership, religious liberty to abortion, practically every aspect of American life is shaped by the Constitution. Yet most of us know surprisingly little about the Constitution itself. In The Constitution, legal scholars Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Paulsen offer a lively introduction to the supreme law of the United States. Beginning with the Constitution’s birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its provisions, principles, and interpretation, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped the Constitution in the 200-plus years since its creation. Along the way, the authors correct popular misconceptions about the Constitution and offer powerful insights into its true meaning. This lucid guide provides readers with the tools to think critically about constitutional issues — a skill that is ever more essential to the continued flourishing of American democracy.
The Chosen
The Chosen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chosen write by Jerome Karabel. This book was released on 2005. The Chosen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.
The University and the People
The University and the People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The University and the People write by Scott M. Gelber. This book was released on 2011-09-28. The University and the People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The University and the People chronicles the influence of Populism—a powerful agrarian movement—on public higher education in the late nineteenth century. Revisiting this pivotal era in the history of the American state university, Scott Gelber demonstrates that Populists expressed a surprising degree of enthusiasm for institutions of higher learning. More fundamentally, he argues that the mission of the state university, as we understand it today, evolved from a fractious but productive relationship between public demands and academic authority. Populists attacked a variety of elites—professionals, executives, scholars—and seemed to confirm academia’s fear of anti-intellectual public oversight. The movement’s vision of the state university highlighted deep tensions in American attitudes toward meritocracy and expertise. Yet Populists also promoted state-supported higher education, with the aims of educating the sons (and sometimes daughters) of ordinary citizens, blurring status distinctions, and promoting civic engagement. Accessibility, utilitarianism, and public service were the bywords of Populist journalists, legislators, trustees, and sympathetic professors. These “academic populists” encouraged state universities to reckon with egalitarian perspectives on admissions, financial aid, curricula, and research. And despite their critiques of college “ivory towers,” Populists supported the humanities and social sciences, tolerated a degree of ideological dissent, and lobbied for record-breaking appropriations for state institutions.
