The role of critical inquiry in (Re)constructing the public agenda for higher education: Confronting the conservative modernization of the academy

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-121

  Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely ^a,e   Kuntz, Aaron M ^a,b   Pasque, Penny A ^a,c   Carducci, Rozana ^a,d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e N243 Lagomarcino Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77958046219     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2010.0009     Document Type: Article

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