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Title: Mutual Subversion: A Short History of the Liberal and the Professional in American Higher Education
Language: English
Authors: Labaree, David F.
Source: History of Education Quarterly. Spr 2006 46(1):1-15.
Availability: Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: customerservices@blackwellpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2006
Document Type: Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Descriptors: General Education, Professional Education, Higher Education, Educational History, Role of Education, Goal Orientation, Educational Trends, Vocational Education, Supply and Demand, Theory Practice Relationship, Intellectual Disciplines, Academic Education
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5959.2006.tb00167.x
ISSN: 0018-2680
Abstract: In this article, the author makes two alternative arguments about long-term trends in the history of American colleges and universities. The initial argument is that over the years professional education has gradually subverted liberal education. The counterpoint is that, over the same period of time, liberal education has gradually subverted professional education. His aim is to show how these two views can be woven together by arguing that the professional has come to dominate the goals of higher education while the liberal has come to dominate its content. In his analysis of the relation between the professional and the liberal in higher education, the central message is this: "Professional education may be the biggest recurring loser in the history of American higher education." Responding to the rhythms of the educational status order, the professional keeps surging forward as the central thrust of new colleges and then retreating, as new institutions revert to the liberal norm. (Contains 28 footnotes.)
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