Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea

Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea
ISBN-10
0299328902
ISBN-13
9780299328900
Series
Education for Democracy
Category
Education
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2020-11-17
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Author
Chad Alan Goldberg

Description

American public universities were founded in a civic tradition that differentiated them from their European predecessors—steering away from the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Like many such higher education institutions across the United States, the University of Wisconsin’s mission, known as the Wisconsin Idea, emphasizes a responsibility to serve the needs of the state and its people. This commitment, which necessarily requires a pledge to academic freedom, has recently been openly threatened by state and federal actors seeking to dismantle a democratic and expansive conception of public service. Using the Wisconsin Idea as a lens, Education for Democracy argues that public higher education institutions remain a bastion of collaborative problem solving. Examinations of partnerships between the state university and people of the state highlight many crucial and lasting contributions to issues of broad public concern such as conservation, LGBTQ+ rights, and poverty alleviation. The contributors restore the value of state universities and humanities education as a public good, contending that they deserve renewed and robust support.

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