What Is the Condition of American Research Universities? Book Review.

Goodchild, Lester F.

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ERIC Number: EJ427882

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Publication Date: 1991

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What Is the Condition of American Research Universities? Book Review.

Goodchild, Lester F.

American Educational Research Journal, v28 n1 p3-17 Spr 1991

Although these are substantial reasons to question Wilshire's notion of a complete moral collapse of America's research universities, he does call attention to ethical problems. Wilshire supports restoring the task of teaching to undergraduates in a new professional ethic for the professoriate. (SLD)

Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Faculty, College Role, Educational Responsibility, Ethics, Higher Education, Moral Values, Research and Development Centers, Research Universities, Role of Education, Student College Relationship, Teaching Models

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Reviews "The Moral Collapse of the University: Professionalism, Parity, and Alienation" by Bruce Wilshire (1990).