The Resource The university and the people : envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest, Scott M. Gelber
The university and the people : envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest, Scott M. Gelber
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- Summary
- How the mission of state universities evolved from the tensions between meritocracy and access, between elite knowledge and popular opinion. 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.--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
- Contents
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- Looking Forward: Populism and Economic Access
- 5.
- Producers and Parasites: The Populist Vision of College Curriculum
- 6.
- Tastes of the Multitude: Populism, Expertise, and Academic Freedom
- 7.
- Watchdogs of the Treasury: Populism and Public Funding for Higher Education
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1.
- Preludes to Populism: Anti-Elitism and Higher Education, 1820 -- 1885
- 2.
- Scaling the Gilded Halls of the University: Populism and Campus Politics
- 3.
- Greatest Good for the Greatest Number: Populism and Academic Access
- 4.
- Isbn
- 9786613486158
- Label
- The university and the people : envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest
- Title
- The university and the people
- Title remainder
- envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest
- Statement of responsibility
- Scott M. Gelber
- Title variation
- Envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- Populism
- Populism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Public universities and colleges
- Public universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- State universities and colleges
- State universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- How the mission of state universities evolved from the tensions between meritocracy and access, between elite knowledge and popular opinion. 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.--Back cover
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- Gelber, Scott M
- Dewey number
- 378/.050973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- LB2328.62.U6
- LC item number
- G45 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in American thought and culture
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- Public universities and colleges
- State universities and colleges
- Populism
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- Populism
- Public universities and colleges
- State universities and colleges
- United States
- Label
- The university and the people : envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest, Scott M. Gelber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
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- Looking Forward: Populism and Economic Access
- 5.
- Producers and Parasites: The Populist Vision of College Curriculum
- 6.
- Tastes of the Multitude: Populism, Expertise, and Academic Freedom
- 7.
- Watchdogs of the Treasury: Populism and Public Funding for Higher Education
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1.
- Preludes to Populism: Anti-Elitism and Higher Education, 1820 -- 1885
- 2.
- Scaling the Gilded Halls of the University: Populism and Campus Politics
- 3.
- Greatest Good for the Greatest Number: Populism and Academic Access
- 4.
- Control code
- 779881509
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9786613486158
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- Label
- The university and the people : envisioning American higher education in an era of populist protest, Scott M. Gelber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
-
- Looking Forward: Populism and Economic Access
- 5.
- Producers and Parasites: The Populist Vision of College Curriculum
- 6.
- Tastes of the Multitude: Populism, Expertise, and Academic Freedom
- 7.
- Watchdogs of the Treasury: Populism and Public Funding for Higher Education
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1.
- Preludes to Populism: Anti-Elitism and Higher Education, 1820 -- 1885
- 2.
- Scaling the Gilded Halls of the University: Populism and Campus Politics
- 3.
- Greatest Good for the Greatest Number: Populism and Academic Access
- 4.
- Control code
- 779881509
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786613486158
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- computer
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- rdamedia
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- 9786613486158
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Subject
- 1800-1899
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- Populism
- Populism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Public universities and colleges
- Public universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- State universities and colleges
- State universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
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