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Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias

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  • © 2013

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  1. Donald Lazere
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Part of the book series: Education, Politics and Public Life (EPPL)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 1-11

  3. Countering the Bias of Business as Usual

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Conservatism as the Unmarked Norm

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 15-34

    3. Restricted-Code Conservatism

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 35-54

    4. Socialism as a Cognitive Alternative

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 55-72

  5. Responsible Leftist Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Balancing Commitment and Openness in Teaching: Giving Conservatives Their Best Shot

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 171-185

    3. A Case Study: Leftist Versus Conservative Arguments on College Costs

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 187-208

    4. The Radical Humanistic Canon

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 209-231

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Donald Lazere
      Pages 233-235

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 237-268
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About this book

Presenting a thoughtful justification for the left in American education, Donald Lazere argues that to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the conservative bias in academia, the media, and politics that is considered to be the status quo.

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"One of the highest compliments we pay fellow teachers is, 'I wish I could have taken one of their classes.' I thought that often as I read Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias. Donald Lazere's careful framing of questions, coherent arguments, and concise writing are refreshing. He is open and honest about his moral and political commitments, as well as open and honest about the need for all of us to challenge each other. For decades, Lazere has attempted to engage right-wing critics of the academy while also honestly accounting for the postmodern excesses of some left scholars, and this book is a delightful account of that struggle." - Robert Jensen, Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, USA

"Donald Lazere's Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias is no polemic; it is a thoughtful and provocative argument for a much broader and engaging intellectual and political culture. It is a vital contribution to a debate all students and teachers, and many other Americans, should be having." - Robert W. McChesney, Gutgsell Endowed Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

About the author

Donald Lazere is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA.

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