Wisdom''s Workshop - The Rise of the Modern University

"Axtell's book stands alone as the only work that traces the historical genealogy of America's elite research universities. The scholarship is deep and solid, and Axtell's distinctive voice comes through. His important, learned, and entertaining book is not simply a clear and coherent history but also a love letter to universities and the life of the teacher-scholar."--James Turner, University of Notre Dame

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James Axtell

Summary

When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today, Wisdom's Workshop

Product details

• Authors: James Axtell, Axtell James
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2023
• EAN: 9780691247588
• ISBN: 978-0-691-24758-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: The William G. Bowen Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Criminal or forensic psychology, universities, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher