Closed Minds?: Politics and Ideology in American Universities

by Jeremy D. Mayer, A. Lee Fritschler, Bruce L.R. Smith, et al.

Book Overview

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Contrary to popular belief, the problem with U.S. higher education is not too much politics but too little. Far from being bastions of liberal bias, American universities have largely withdrawn from the world of politics. So conclude Bruce L. R. Smith, Jeremy Mayer, and Lee Fritschler in this illuminating book. C losed Minds? d draws on data from interviews, focus groups, and a new national survey by the authors, as well as their decades...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815780281
• ISBN13: 9780815780281
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"