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Walking Among the University's Ruins
Public Books (2022)
  • Johann N. Neem
Abstract
Universities might be facing a moment similar to what befell early modern English monasteries under Henry VIII. For generations, explains Ronald Musto in The Attack on Higher Education (2021), monasteries were the center of English intellectual and religious life. They were innovators that developed new ideas. But, following the dissolution acts of 1535 and 1539, “the monasteries’ daily routines, chants, liturgical hours, processions, rituals, instructions, and labors concentrated in particular places simply ceased to exist.”
Could the same happen to universities?
Keywords
  • higher education,
  • liberal education,
  • higher education reform
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 8, 2022
Citation Information
Johann N. Neem. "Walking Among the University's Ruins" Public Books (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/johann_neem/102/