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Curtin, Maureen – Thought & Action, 2013
Maureen Curtin, associate professor in the English and Creative Writing Department at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Oswego, reports in this article on an initiative that is designed to spur teams of faculty and visiting artists to teach "intellectual issues" through students' storytelling. The courses were part of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Story Telling, College Students, College Faculty
Travis, Jon E. – Thought & Action, 2012
When these inequities began to change in the 20th century, due in part to the sweeping court-ordered integration following Brown v. Board of Education and the simultaneous expansion of public colleges and universities, all citizens began to gain access to educational achievement and, as a result, true access to the American power structure. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Governance
Schrecker, Ellen – Thought & Action, 2010
The enormous changes that took place on American campuses during the 1960s not only opened those campuses to new constituencies and new ideas, but also created a powerful conservative movement that sought to reverse those changes. Along with the rising cost of higher education, the right's campaign against the academic reforms of the sixties has…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Political Attitudes, Public Support
Giroux, Henry A. – Thought & Action, 2006
What is the task of educators at a time when mainstream American culture is increasingly characterized by a declining interest in and misgiving about national politics? How one answers this question will have a grave impact not only on higher education but on the future of democratic public life. There are no simple solutions says author Henry…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democratic Values, Ideology, Political Attitudes
Pogorelskin, Alexis – Thought & Action, 2005
Alexis Pogorelskin, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth and chair of the History Department, recounts her experience in 2004 after making a controversial comment in her History of the Holocaust and 20th Century Russia class. Her comment was in reference to President Bush making no mention in the 2000 campaign about the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Political Attitudes, Political Influences
Perelman, Michael – Thought & Action, 2005
What is the role of higher education when a nation moves toward a political climate in which the government has a free hand to do whatever it wants in the name of national security? If society faces a real threat that could destroy life as we know it, then we should all--including higher education--rise to its defense. However, if national…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Security, Role of Education, Politics of Education
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Winn, Ira J. – Thought & Action, 1987
Under full scrutiny, the Strategic Defense Initiative program is revealed as a form of escapism from global realities, with dangerous and destabilizing themes for both the university and society. Universities must face this issue squarely, and limit their focus to activities best suited to an intellectually constructive and humane purpose. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Factors, Federal Government, Government School Relationship
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Cole, John W.; Reid, Gerald F. – Thought & Action, 1986
Shifts in attitudes toward the academy is a product of changes in the American political economy, especially the rapid expansion of the white-collar sector and corporate takeover, and social movements of the post-war era in which people previously without power began to assert themselves. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, College Faculty, Conservatism, Educational Policy
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Moen, Matthew C. – Thought and Action, 1993
To illuminate the debate between the conservative Christian movement and the public education sector, this essay chronicles the development of the Christian Right over the course of this century, identifying the real and imagined challenges it presents to educators. The strength of the conservative movement is highlighted noting its current…
Descriptors: Christianity, Conflict Resolution, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lott, Bernice – Thought and Action, 1993
Issues in sexual harassment are discussed, including definitions, the experience of harassment, related behavior patterns, prevalence, beliefs, tolerance, and current research. The efforts and impact of a group of female faculty, staff, and graduate students (Women against Sexual Harassment) at the University of Rhode Island are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Activism, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs