Bring the Constitution Back in

Autor/in	Johnson, K. C.
Titel	Bring the Constitution Back in
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 25 (2012) 3, S.361-365 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-012-9305-8
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Citizenship Education; Democracy; Democratic Values; Educational Change; Educational Principles; Educational Objectives; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Civil Rights; Position Papers; Criticism; United States History; Government School Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Bildungsreform; Bildungsprinzip; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Positionspapier; Kritik
Abstract	In this article, the author talks about the report "A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy's Future," which provides a blueprint of what higher education ought "not" to do. The document was produced by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), an organization with a long history not only of demanding the advancement of "diversity" over quality, but of using misleading rhetoric to conceal its agenda. While the report opens with a quote from the Constitution and then proceeds to all but ignore the document over the following sixty-nine pages, any serious discussion about civic education must begin with how colleges and universities treat the Constitution in their curriculum. The author points out that the Constitution--in the curriculum, in faculty hiring priorities, in upholding student rights on campus--is a good place to start in the effort to reform civic education. Such an approach could complement rather than necessarily replace the more traditional approach of cultivating objective scholarship, which the AAC&U and its acolytes have so aggressively rejected. (Contains 12 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10