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From "Liberal Professions" to "Lucrative Professions": Bowdoin College, Stanford University, and the Civic Functions of Higher Education
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Dorn, Charles – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Over the past three decades, Americans' conception of higher education has shifted from a public good to a private one. Wary of colleges and universities' increasing commodification, proponents of higher education's civic engagement have responded with a reform agenda that, they argue, reflects an earlier era during which…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Private Colleges, Educational Objectives