Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
The Idea of a University in a Time of Crisis: "The Last Professors"
Location: The Goldberg Center: 207 Dulles Hall
Contact: David Staley
The Goldberg Center is hosting a book group discussing important recent texts on the status and future prospect for the University. Our next gathering will be Wednesday February 1 at 3:30 in the Goldberg Center (207 Dulles Hall). The book under discussion will be Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Goldberg@osu.edu by Tuesday January 31.
The Idea of a University in a Time of Crisis: A book group
The Goldberg Center will host a book group discussing important recent texts on the status and future prospect for the University. Commentators of a variety of stripes claim the university is in crisis, whether the result of corporatization, a neo-liberal business orientation, a potential bubble for higher education, athletics run amok, vocationalism over broad intellectual growth, etc. This book group will assert the values of the University by looking both at the practices that have sustained it and also the changes it needs to address.
The book circle will culminate in a Symposium on "The Idea of a University in a Time of Crisis" to be hosted here at Ohio State in October 2012 All gatherings will be held in the Goldberg Center, 207 Dulles Hall at 3:30PM
Wednesday October 12:
Mark Taylor, Crisis on Campus
Wednesday November 30:
Clayton Christensen, The Innovative University
Wednesday February 1:
Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, Academically Adrift
Wednesday May 30:
Cary Nelson, No University is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom
Wednesday August 1:
Anya Kamenetz, DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education
The Goldberg Center hosts a number of professional development initiatives, focused especially on pursuing the best strategies for teaching with new media.
The publications of the Goldberg Center use digital technology to provide teaching and learning materials to history teachers across the country.
Re-Mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later
Consistent with the University's legacy as a land grant institution, the outreach efforts of the Goldberg Center seek to connect the History department with the citizens of Ohio and the world beyond.
