The Right to Higher Education
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-761291-0 (ISBN)
Christopher Martin turns this view on its head by arguing that higher education is in fact an unconditional, absolute right of all citizens in a free and open society. As he argues, a closer look at the value of education in a free and open society reveals that many of the challenges we see in higher education today can be attributed to the failure to recognize higher education as an individual right. Using concepts and ideas from liberal political philosophy, Martin shows that access to educational goods play a key role in helping citizens realize their self-determined goals. Higher education should be understood as a basic social institution responsible for ensuring that all citizens can access these goods.
The necessary corrective, Martin argues, is simple: we need to stop allocating higher education to some, and allocate it to all who choose to pursue it. A readiness and willingness to learn should be the only qualification. Higher education should offer opportunities that benefit citizens with different interests and goals in life. Its foundational moral purpose should be to help citizens of all backgrounds to live better, freer lives.
Christopher Martin is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Member of the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at The University of British Columbia. He is the author of Education in a Post-Metaphysical World (Bloomsbury Press, 2012), R.S. Peters (Bloomsbury Press, 2014; with Stefaan Cuypers), and Questioning the Classroom (Oxford University Press, 2016; with Dianne Gereluk, Bruce Maxwell, and Trevor Norris). His research areas include political philosophy and the philosophy of education.
Introduction: Changing the Conversation about the Value of Higher Education
Chapter 1: Values and Aims of Higher Education
Chapter 2: Citizenship as an Aim of Higher Education
Chapter 3: Adulthood and the Right to Education
Chapter 4: The Right to Higher Education
Chapter 5: The Right to Higher Education and Political Authority
Chapter 6: The Right to Higher Education and the Problem of Unequal Benefits
Chapter 7: What Should the Right to Higher Education Look Like?
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.12.2021 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 218 x 147 mm |
Gewicht | 431 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-761291-1 / 0197612911 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-761291-0 / 9780197612910 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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