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Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / by Oreskes, Naomi,author.(CARDINAL)304449; Conway, Erik M.,1965-author.(CARDINAL)304448;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index.Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion : of free speech and free markets -- Epilogue : a new view of science."Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole.
Subjects: Scientists; Science news; Democracy and science.; Environmental education.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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School choice myths : setting the record straight on education freedom / by McCluskey, Neal P. (EDT)/ Deangelis, Corey A. (EDT); DeAngelis, Corey A.,editor.; McCluskey, Neal P.,1972-editor.; Burke, Lindsey M.Myth: school choice needs regulation to ensure access and quality.; Cheng, Albert,1984-Myth: school choice only helps the rich get richer.; DeAngelis, Corey A.Myth: children are not widgets, so education must not be left to the market.; Keller, Tim.Myth: private school choice is unconstitutional.; Ladner, Matthew.Myth: school choice harms children left behind in public schools.; Lueken, Martin F.Myth: school choice siphons money away from public schools and harms taxpayers.; Magness, Phillip W.Myth: school choice has racist origins.; McCluskey, Neal P.,1972-Myth: school choice Balkanizes.; Merrifield, John,1955-Myth: any school choice is welcome school choice.; Wolf, Patrick J.Myth: public schools are necessary for a stable democracy.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-220) and index.Introduction / Corey A. DeAngelis and Neal P. McCluskey -- Myth: school choice Balkanizes / Neal P. McCluskey -- Myth: school choice has racist origins / Phillip W. Magness -- Myth: public schools are necessary for a stable democracy / Patrick J. Wolf --Myth: private school choice is unconstitutional / Tim Keller -- Myth: children are not widgets, so education must not be left to the market / Corey A. DeAngelis -- Myth: school choice siphons money away from public schools and harms taxpayers / Martin F.Lueken and Benjamin Scafidi -- Myth: school choice harms children left behind in public schools / Matt Ladner -- Myth: school choice only helps the rich get richer / Albert A. Cheng -- Myth: school choice needs regulation to ensure access and quality / Lindsey M. Burke and Jason M. Bedrick -- Myth: any school choice is welcome school choice / John Merrifield -- Myth: students with special needs lose with school choice / Inez Feltscher Stepman -- Myth: only rich parents can make good choices / Virginia Walden Ford."So many myths stand in the way of expanding educational freedom to all Americans: choice drains money from public schools; choice segregates; choice undermines democracy; and so on. In School Choice Myths, education experts Corey A. DeAngelis and Neal P.McCluskey bring clear logic and overwhelming evidence to bear against all the major anti school-choice myths, giving readers what they need to see though them and understand how even well-intentioned people can be deceived. This book is a one-stop guideto everything from the latest research on the effects of school choice on civic engagement to Supreme Court precedent. It is a must-have for any combatant in the school choice wars, or anyone who just wants the best education for their children"--
Subjects: Democracy and education.; Educational equalization.; School choice;
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The politics of education : conflict and consensus on Capitol Hill / by Brademas, John,1927-2016.(CARDINAL)185051; Brown, Lynne P.(CARDINAL)188867;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The evolution of federal aid to education, 1959-1980 -- The national debate on education : the ferment of the 1980s -- Education for democracy.
Subjects: Education and state; Educational law and legislation; Federal aid to education; Democracy.; Education;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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After the ivory tower falls : how college broke the American dream and blew up our politics-- and how to fix it / by Bunch, William,author.(CARDINAL)381755;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.Introduction: College like my grandma used to make -- Life during wartime in Knox County, Ohio -- When college in America almost became a public good -- Why the Kent State massacre raised your tuition -- Yuppies, dittoheads, and a "big sort" : college and the culture wars -- The "whole college thing" awkwardly enters the 2020s -- Gap year. The Quad: The four people you meet in today's America -- A college debt crisis, Occupy Wall Street, and the rise of a new new Left -- From resentment of college to America's rejection of knowledge -- The soul of a new Truman Commission -- A bloodless war to save America's youth.William Bunch presents a deeply researched look at the broken state of higher education in America. He traces the modern history of college in the United States, from the landmark GI Bill and the culture wars of the 60s and 70s, through the explosion in student loan debt that has fueled major social movements. In showing how resentment of college-educated elites morphed into a rejection of knowledge itself, Bunch proposes a new model of college education that works for all Americans. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Democracy and education; Elite (Social sciences);
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Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chadrtres, the education of Henry Adams, Poems. by Adams, Henry.(CARDINAL)745981;
Subjects: Sheldan, Moreah, 1930-; Esther.; Mont Saint Michel and Chartres.; The Education of Henry Adams.;
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Publicly engaged scholars : next-generation engagement and the future of higher education / by Post, Margaret A.,editor.(CARDINAL)431970; Ward, Elaine.(CARDINAL)640420; Longo, Nicholas V.,1974-(CARDINAL)483566; Saltmarsh, John.; Eatman, Timothy K.,1968-(CARDINAL)414796; Levine, Peter.(CARDINAL)179348;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents the voices of a new generation of scholars, educators, and practitioners who are committed to civic renewal and the public purposes of higher education. They question existing policies, structures, and practices, and put forward new forms of engagement that can help to shape and transform higher education to align it with societal needs.
Subjects: Community and college; College teachers; Scholars; Education, Higher; Democracy and education;
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Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future / by Postman, Neil.(CARDINAL)125408;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index."In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century Neil Postman revisits the Enlightenment, that great flowering of ideas that provided a humane direction for the future - ideas that formed our nation and that we would do well to embrace anew." "He turns our attention to Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Kant, Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, and to their then-radical thinking about inductive science, religious and political freedom, popular education, rational commerce, the nation-state, progress, and happiness." "Postman calls for a future connected to traditions that provide sane authority and meaningful purpose - as opposed to an overreliance on technology and an increasing disregard for the lessons of history. And he argues passionately for specific new guidelines in the education of our children, with renewed emphasis on developing the intellect as successfully as we are developing a computer-driven world."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Enlightenment.; Technology and civilization.; Education; Democracy.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The closing of the American mind : how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students / by Bloom, Allan,1930-1992.(CARDINAL)722523;
In this book, the author (a distinguished political philosopher) argues that the social/political crisis of 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis marked by obvious declines in appreciation of humanities, a drop in the qualitative output of our university systems, and a disquieting disconnect between today's students and the spiritual and cultural traditions of their heritage.1320L
Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Humanistic; Education, Higher; Education, Higher;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 21
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The closing of the American mind : how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students / by Bloom, Allan David,1930-1992.;
In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom's argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.
Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Humanistic; Education, Higher;
© 2012, c1987., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,
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The assault on American excellence / by Kronman, Anthony T.,author.(CARDINAL)791147;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched students march across campus to protest the names of buildings and seen colleagues resign over emails about Halloween costumes. He is no stranger to recent confrontations at American universities. But where many see only the suppression of free speech, the babying of students, and the drive to bury the imperfect parts of our history, Kronman recognizes in these on-campus clashes a threat to our democracy"--
Subjects: Democracy; Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Intellectual freedom;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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