Searching for Utopia: Universities and Their Histories Volume 2
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In Searching for Utopia , Hanna Holborn Gray reflects on the nature of the university from the perspective of today's research institutions. In particular, she examines the ideas of former University of California president Clark Kerr as expressed in The Uses of the University , written during the tumultuous 1960s. She contrasts Kerr's vision of the research-driven "multiveristy" with the traditional liberal educational philosophy espoused by Kerr's contemporary, former University of Chicago president Robert Maynard Hutchins. Gray's insightful analysis shows that both Kerr, widely considered a realist, and Hutchins, seen as an oppositional idealist, were utopians. She then surveys the liberal arts tradition and the current state of liberal learning in the undergraduate curriculum within research universities. As Gray reflects on major trends and debates since the 1960s, she illuminates the continuum of utopian thinking about higher education over time, revealing how it applies even in today's climate of challenge.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520270657
ISBN13:9780520270657
Release Date:December 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:130 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"
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