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Hayes, William – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
For more than one hundred years, the United States has been the scene of academic warfare between traditional and progressive educators. During most of the nation's history, many Americans have assumed that the primary purpose of school is to pass on to children the information and skills necessary to survive in society. This traditional view…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Educational History, Federal Legislation, Middle Schools
Peterson, Paul E., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
In the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger University of Michigan Law School affirmative action case, Sandra Day O'Connor declared on behalf of the majority of justices that, "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." As this amounts to no less than a mandate that affirmative action for college…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Affirmative Action, Equal Education, Educational Policy
Gattone, Charles – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
What is the role of the social scientist in public affairs? How have changes in the structure of the university system and the culture of academia reshaped the opportunities and constraints facing contemporary scholars? "The Social Scientist as Public Intellectual" addresses these and other questions by reviewing the ideas of seminal…
Descriptors: Political Issues, Social Problems, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries