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Higher education and the american political economy
Author(s) -
Litt Edgar
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219810603
Subject(s) - vocational education , liberal arts education , unintended consequences , politics , higher education , the arts , political science , sociology , public administration , political economy , pedagogy , law
Despite the utilitarian, even anti‐intellectual bias of the public vocational university, there was until recently a good opportunity to select liberal arts and pursue one's educational interests. What has happened during the last decade illustrates the unintended consequences of social good.