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title	:	The Order of Learning : Essays On the Contemporary University
author	:	Shils, Edward.; Altbach, Philip G.
publisher	:	Transaction Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	1560002980
print isbn13	:	9781560002987
ebook isbn13	:	9780585349282
language	:	English
subject	Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States, Universities and colleges--United States--History, Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States, Academic freedom--United States.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	LA227.4.S55 1997eb
ddc	:	378.73
subject	:	Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States, Universities and colleges--United States--History, Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States, Academic freedom--United States.

Page iii The Order of Learning Essays on the Contemporary University Edward Shils Edited with an Introduction by Philip G. Altbach

Page iv Copyright 1997 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. Bibliography of the Published Works of Edward Shils Christine C. Schnusenberg and Gordon B. Neavill. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction Publishers, RutgersThe State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 96-47503 ISBN: 1-56000-298-0 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shils, Edward Albert, 1911 The order of learning : essays on the contemporary university / Edward Shils ; edited and with an introduction by Philip G. Altbach. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56000-298-0 (cloth) 1. Education, HigherAims and objectivesUnited States. 2. Universi ties and collegesUnited StatesHistory. 3. Education, HigherSocial AspectsUnited States. 4. Academic freedomUnited States. I. Altbach, Philip G. II Title. LA227.4.S55 1997 378.73dc21 96-47503 CIP

Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction: Edward Shils and the American University Philip G. Altbach ix Part I: The Order of Learning 1. The Order of Learning in the United States from 1865 to 1920: The Ascendancy of the Universities 1 2. Universities Since 1900: A Historical Perspective 39 Part II: Perspectives 3. The Service of Society and the Advancement of Learning in the Twenty-First Century 71 4. The Academic Ethos under Strain 99 5. The American Private University 137 6. Governments and Universities 163 7. Dreams of Plenitude, Nightmares of Scarcity 189 Part III: Academic Freedom 8. Academic Freedom 217 9. Academic Freedom and Permanent Tenure 247 10. Limitations on the Freedom of Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences 261 Part IV: Policy 11. The Criteria of Academic Appointment 285 12. The Invitation to Caesar 299 13. The Confidentiality and Anonymity of Assessment 305

Page vi Part V: Reflection 14. The University: A Backward Glance 325 Bibliography of the Published Works of Professor Edward Shils Christine C. Schnusenberg and Gordon B. Neavill 341 Index 369

Page vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book is dedicated to the memory of Edward Shils. I am indebted to the publishers who have permitted the use of previously published material here. I especially appreciate the cooperation of Peter deLiefde of Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Netherlands, current publisher of Minerva, for his assistance, and to Minerva's current editor, Michael Shattock. Both have supported this project from the beginning. Steven Grosby, a former student of Edward Shils, was both supportive and helpful. Joseph Epstein, Edward Shils's literary executor, provided his approval for project. Christine C. Schnusenberg and Gordon B. Neavill prepared a useful bibliography of Edward Shils's writing. Irving Louis Horowitz of Transaction Publishers, and a major sociological thinker in his own right, also provided support for this volume. Joyce McDonnell typed the manuscript. Eric Altbach, Jonathan Baker, and James JF Forest assisted with the proofreading. Patricia Murphy prepared the index.

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