EPISODE · Feb 20, 2022 · 1H 17M

Episode 95: The Lost Promise of American Universities

from The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. · host John Fea

American universities entered the 1960s with the hope of bringing a high-quality system of universal higher education to all comers. But by the early 1970s hope turned to despair as universities gave way to neoliberalism, corporatism, and a powerful conservative backlash. In this episode we talk with historian Ellen Schrecker about her new book The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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