The Struggle for Academic Democracy: Lessons from the 1938 "Revolution" in New York's City Colleges

ISBN-13: 9780877226918 / Angielski

Abraham Edel

Opis

The transformation of New York City's colleges from autocratic to democratic rule virtually overnight was a revolutionary event in American higher education within the context of the 1930s. This book talks about this revolution, focusing on the meaning and import of democratic organization in the governance of universities.