11/11/15
HIST 485 Notes :
This class has made me in awe at our development and positivity about the future.
HIST 485 Notes :
- Missouri/Yale
- started with hunger strike, football team stepped in (playing strike)
- impressive that coach has been supportive
- model of a labor union
- professor's resignation: when trust is lost it is hard to get back
- Ithaca: alumni panelist refers to black woman as “savage”
- definitions of democracy:
- majority rules, everyone is equal, representative of ideas
- radical
- equal status
- equality before the law
- majority rule and majority rights
- definitions of public good:
- benefitting society vs benefitting the individual (where does higher education fit in?)
- contributions and benefits
- sharing from questions
- Can you have education for democracy in a non democratic institution?
- what really is a nondemocratic/democratic institution? can we see it inside or outside the classroom?
- does a nondemocratic institution mean an alternative governing system? communist? anarchist? socialist?
- strive to have the education produce something better
- when we don’t have democracy we try to create a modified system that can bring us closer to democracy
- To what extent should civic skills and social responsibility be a purpose for higher education?
- 50% are losing out on the training; K-12 is where we could potentially have that access
- varieties of types of civic skills require different training, some can be found in higher ed
- are we arriving at civic skills/social responsibility on our own or are we forced into it?
- it doesn’t have to come from every aspect of higher education but it has to come from somewhere at a residential college or we’re not doing our job
- two ways to deny social responsibility: (1) claim that it’s not present in science (2) dismissing the general applications of research science
- students bring social responsibility into the science
- What is the relationship between the push for multiculturalism/diversity and the educational goals of the university?
- admissions policies is not the only reason black students are not now increasingly more present in historically white colleges
- faculty should reflect ideal student body
- Can you have education for democracy in a non democratic institution?
- more questions?
- Do you see the operations of democracy in this class?
- the makeup of the class has to influence how you feel about your role in the class
- classroom: theoretical, jobs: practicality
- If you were higher ed how would you establish a democratic education?
- too large to standardize, we can’t claim that one subject is higher than another
- imagination about how things can work overlapping with a more mature way; solidified opinions can affect how we as students think in a positive way
- student/faculty partnership: conversation between a faculty member and a student who watches their teaching; new perspective because it removes the grade
- true social responsibility comes from interacting with the community
- nonprofit creates lack of flow out of community bc it is not taxed
- could higher education be a model for justice/democracy/blank or a tool for justice/democracy/blank?
- Do you see the operations of democracy in this class?
This class has made me in awe at our development and positivity about the future.