Education in the National Interest

This dissertation is a philosophical examination of the democratic viability of educational policy devoted to serving "national interests." It begins with an interpretation of the 1983 educational reforms that received the greatest publicity with the U.S. Department of Education document A Nation at Risk, which prescribed educational policies intended to serve the national interest. The interpretation of the 1983 reform movement involves a review of the meaning "national interests" assumes in many educational reports composing the reform movement. The meaning of educational policies devoted to the national interest is developed further with an interpretation of the long-term political-economic trends as well as the immediate political-economic context leading up to the reform movement.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Margonis, Frank George

Contributors dc:contributor

• Burnett, Joe,

• Education, Philosophy of

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908767

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69220