Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education
- ISBN-10
- 0393311139
- ISBN-13
- 9780393311136
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 214
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Gerald Graff
Description
Argues that conflicts over education today afford a positive change in higher education rather than a downfall, and speaks out against liberal complacency
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