The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men

Perhaps the pivotal book in the reform of higher education in the United States, Robert M. Hutchins' classic is once again available, with a brilliant personal & professional appreciation by Harry S. Ashmore. When it was published in 1936 The Higher Learning in America brought into focus the root causes of the controversies that still beset the nation's educational system. The curricular reforms & administrative reorganization Hutchins undertook at the University of Chicago are set forth in this volume, along with the philosophical arguments he worked out to explicate & defend his views.