Education for Citizenship or Disciplining for Civility?: The Contradictions of the Private in the Public Land-Grant University: the Example of The Ohio State University

Myths and misconceptions dominate our understanding of higher education and especially public higher education. They mislead all parties including students and citizens. This book is an original and urgently needed critical reinterpretation of the history of public higher education focusing on the contradictions and conflicts of the private in the public and shareholders versus stakeholders. Education for Citizenship or Disciplining for Civility? focuses on the major example of The Ohio Sta...