Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2009 M03 11 - 440 pages This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and Wisconsin’s “Experimental College” in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life’s work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free? |
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... report for 1890 , “ the power to think clearly , reason logically , analyze keenly , and generalize truthfully — in a word , to be master of one's self intellectually — is an attainment infinitely superior in worth to any possible bulk ...
... report for 1890 , “ the power to think clearly , reason logically , analyze keenly , and generalize truthfully — in a word , to be master of one's self intellectually — is an attainment infinitely superior in worth to any possible bulk ...
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... report: the dean was engaged to be married. On June 14, 1902, following a long-distance courtship of at least three years, Meiklejohn married Nannine Annaletta La Villa at her family's home in Orange, New Jersey.7 Nannine, the daughter ...
... report: the dean was engaged to be married. On June 14, 1902, following a long-distance courtship of at least three years, Meiklejohn married Nannine Annaletta La Villa at her family's home in Orange, New Jersey.7 Nannine, the daughter ...
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... report of 1905, President Faunce praised “the devoted labors of Dean Meiklejohn, who, by his rare insight into student attitude and opinion, his close sympathy with student needs, and his unflinching resolve to hold students to the ...
... report of 1905, President Faunce praised “the devoted labors of Dean Meiklejohn, who, by his rare insight into student attitude and opinion, his close sympathy with student needs, and his unflinching resolve to hold students to the ...
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... report the following year, he reviewed the base- ball controversy and highlighted the most recent—and in his view, unfor- tunate—turn of events. “There is undoubtedly room for question as to the wisdom of the student rule which allows ...
... report the following year, he reviewed the base- ball controversy and highlighted the most recent—and in his view, unfor- tunate—turn of events. “There is undoubtedly room for question as to the wisdom of the student rule which allows ...
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... report of 1908, he quipped that “no one need complain that life is tame and lacking in entertainment while he has opportunity to watch this phase of the athletic situation with all its tragedies and oddities.”60 For Meiklejohn, the ...
... report of 1908, he quipped that “no one need complain that life is tame and lacking in entertainment while he has opportunity to watch this phase of the athletic situation with all its tragedies and oddities.”60 For Meiklejohn, the ...
Contents
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To Whom Are We Responsible? 19201924 | 97 |
A New College with a New Idea 19251928 | 133 |
A Most Lamentable Comedy 19291932 | 165 |
A Fresh Start 19331940 | 199 |
A Reply to John Dewey 19411947 | 233 |
What Does the First Amendment Mean? 19481954 | 263 |
The Faith of a Free Man 19551964 | 296 |
Education and the Democratic IdealThe Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn | 329 |
Notes | 337 |
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading | 391 |
Index | 403 |
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