Founders and the Idea of a National University - Constituting the American Mind

This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national university.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The national-university vision and American constitutionalism; 2. The national university and constitutional limits; 3. The national university and state institutions; 4. Constituting the university; 5. Education, the national university, and constituting national identity; 6. The civic dimensions of American constitutionalism; Conclusion: the Constitution and the American mind.

About the author

George Thomas is Associate Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, California. He previously taught at Williams College, Massachusetts. Thomas is the author of The Madisonian Constitution (2008), as well as numerous articles and essays on American constitutionalism in journals such as American Political Thought, Constitutional Commentary, Perspectives on Politics, the Review of Politics, and the American Interest. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Huntington Library, and he is the recipient of the Alexander George Award from the American Political Science Association.

Summary

This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national university. It offers the first study on the idea of a national university and how the Founders understood it as an important feature in an educational system that would sustain the American experiment in democracy.

Product details

• Authors: George Thomas, George (Claremont Mckenna College Thomas, Thomas George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107443884
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44388-4
• No. of pages: 251
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Higher education, tertiary education, Government powers