Nowhere but the West: The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, by Ricardo Duchesne

Academic Questions
Winter 2011

Western Civilization

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Academe's House Divided

Daniel B. Klein reviews The Still Divided Academy, the final work of NAS and AQ editorial advisory board member Stanley Rothman, which was completed after his death by April Kelly-Woessner and Matthew Woessner. This review appears in the fall 2011 issue of Academic Questions, volume 24, number 3.

Will Universities Rediscover Their Core Mission as They Shrink?

Adam Kissel adds to the conversation about the higher education bubble by examining several institutions with widely varying missions that are already contracting. He predicts “that as universities shrink and higher education loses air…the pressure of competition will rise as we’ve never seen it before, and colleges will feel the need to make clear what their core missions are and what they really stand for.”

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