Politics and Higher Education in the 1980's.

Aronowitz, Stanley

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Publication Date: 1980

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Politics and Higher Education in the 1980's.

Aronowitz, Stanley

Journal of Education, v162 n3 p40-59 Sum 1980

Growing social and economic inequalities and political impotency are the sources of functional illiteracy. The current educational emphasis on basic skills will not resolve these problems. Students must harness their collective forces to replace corporate control with democratic power. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Control, Democracy, Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Schools, Illiteracy, Political Influences, Political Power, Self Determination, Social Structure

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Language: English

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