The Urban University in America.

af Maurice R. Berube

Maurice Berube, a New York educational consultant, surveys the urban universities' public policies - community relations, minority admissions, urban and black studies programs - while promoting the schools' possible larger social role. Regrettably, this well-written work has not been well thought out. Nowhere does Berube define the "urban America" he says constitutes the home for a majority of Americans; in actuality, only 15.6% of the population lives in cities of more than 500,000 persons, tho... (Læs mere)