Education
The Crisis of Purpose in Academia
Higher education faces a crisis of purpose, with its moral and intellectual foundations eroded by modernism and postmodernism.
Edwin E. Gantt
March 11, 2024
Higher education faces a crisis of purpose, with its moral and intellectual foundations eroded by modernism and postmodernism.
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