Education as Civic Engagement: Toward a More Democratic Society (Education, Politics and Public Life)

A collection of the finest works of scholarship examining education - mostly higher education - as civic engagement published over the last decade in JAC, an award-winning journal of rhetoric, politics, and culture. Education in the Post-9/11 Decade is a collection of ten essays examining education-mostly higher education-as civic engagement. These essays are the finest works of scholarship on education published over the last decade in JAC, an award-winning journal of rhetoric, politics, and culture. The essays in Part 1 attempt to historicize higher education and to unpack many of its underlying dynamics. Part 2 examines emerging trends in the politics of education-trends that to the authors in this collection are alarming. Balancing the anxiety and seeming pessimism of Part 2 are the distinctly optimistic essays in Part 3, which collectively interject a note of hope for the future of education. Collectively, the essays in this volume analyze in a substantive and rigorous manner a number of key issues in the politics of education. This volume should be of great interest to university faculty and graduate students regardless of their disciplinary areas, and generally to anyone interested in the future of higher education in an increasingly corporatized academic setting Education As Civic Engagement: Toward A More Democratic Society Is A Collection Of Ten Essays Examining Education--mostly Higher Education--as Civic Engagement. These Essays Are The Finest Works Of Scholarship On Education Published Over The Last Decade In Jac, An Award-winning Journal Of Rhetoric, Politics, And Culture. Collectively, The Works In This Volume Analyze In A Substantive And Rigorous Manner A Number Of Key Issues In The Politics Of Education--provided By Publisher. Education In The Post-9/11 Decade Is A Collection Of Ten Essays Examining Education--mostly Higher Education--as Civic Engagement. These Essays Are The Finest Works Of Scholarship On Education Published Over The Last Decade In Jac, An Award-winning Journal Of Rhetoric, Politics, And Culture. The Essays In Part 1 Attempt To Historicize Higher Education And To Unpack Many Of Its Underlying Dynamics. Part 2 Examines Emerging Trends In The Politics Of Education--trends That To The Authors In This Collection Are Alarming. Balancing The Anxiety And Seeming Pessimism Of Part 2 Are The Distinctly Optimistic Essays In Part 3, Which Collectively Interject A Note Of Hope For The Future Of Education. Collectively, The Essays In This Volume Analyze In A Substantive And Rigorous Manner A Number Of Key Issues In The Politics Of Education. This Volume Should Be Of Great Interest To University Faculty And Graduate Students Regardless Of Their Disciplinary Areas, And Generally To Anyone Interested In The Future Of Higher Education In An Increasingly Corporatized Academic Setting--provided By Publisher. Introduction -- Part I: Historical Perspectives -- Race, Rhetoric, And The Contest Over Civic Education; S.searls Giroux -- History As A Challenge To The Idea Of The University; J.j.williams -- Class Consciousness And The Junior College Movement: Creating A Docile Workforce; W.degenaro -- Hegemony And The Discourse Of The Land Grant Movement: Historicizing As A Point Of Departure; D.m.brown -- Part Ii: Emerging Trends -- Marketing Excellence In Higher Education; C.carter -- Capitalizing On Disaster: How The Political Right Is Using Disaster To Privatize Public Schooling; K.j.saltman -- Part Iii: Toward A Pedagogy Of Hope -- Deweyan Hopefulness In A Time Of Despair; S.m.fishman -- What's Hope Got To Do With It?: Toward A Theory Of Hope And Pedagogy; D.jacobs -- Liberating 'liberatory' Education, Or What Do We Mean By 'liberty' Anyway?; J.m.ringer -- Index -- Contributors. Edited By Gary A. Olson And Lynn Worsham Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Race, Rhetoric, and the Contest over Civic Education....Pages 7-48 History as a Challenge to the Idea of the University....Pages 49-70 Class Consciousness and the Junior College Movement: Creating a Docile Workforce....Pages 71-94 Hegemony and the Discourse of the Land Grant Movement: Historicizing as a Point of Departure....Pages 95-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Marketing Excellence in Higher Education....Pages 131-162 Teaching Work: Academic Labor and Social Class....Pages 163-201 Capitalizing on Disaster: How the Political Right is Using Disaster to Privatize Public Schooling....Pages 203-218 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Deweyan Hopefulness in a Time of Despair....Pages 221-253 What’s Hope Got to Do With It? Toward a Theory of Hope and Pedagogy....Pages 255-275 Liberating “Liberatory” Education, or What Do We Mean by “Liberty” Anyway?....Pages 277-298 Afterword Civic Engagement and Critical Pedagogy....Pages 299-313 Back Matter....Pages 315-338