American Superiority, Democratic Idealism, and the Truman Commission: A Critical Discourse Historical Analysis of Higher Education for American Democracy

Q2 Social Sciences

Peabody Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-05-27 DOI:10.1080/0161956X.2023.2216080

Allison L. Palmadessa

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this critical historical analysis, Higher Education for American Democracy is considered a historical artifact, and its veneration as a landmark quest for equal opportunity in higher education is challenged. I argue that this report and the institutional expansion that resulted positioned the federal government to have a direct role in higher education, allowing presidential agendas and dominant ideologies to influence the course of college and university curriculum, access, and purpose. Through a discourse historical approach and a critical realist lens, the Truman Commission Report and President Truman’s public statements are analyzed to reevaluate ther report and its implications for the democratic purpose of higher education in America after World War II.

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美国优势、民主理想主义与杜鲁门委员会——美国民主高等教育的批判性话语历史分析

摘要在这篇批判性的历史分析中，“美国民主高等教育”被认为是一件历史文物，它作为高等教育平等机会的里程碑式追求受到了挑战。我认为，这份报告和由此产生的机构扩张使联邦政府在高等教育中发挥了直接作用，允许总统议程和主导意识形态影响学院和大学的课程、机会和目的。通过话语历史的方法和批判现实主义的视角，对杜鲁门委员会报告和杜鲁门总统的公开声明进行了分析，以重新评估该报告及其对二战后美国高等教育民主目的的影响。

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Peabody Journal of Education Social Sciences-Education

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期刊介绍： Peabody Journal of Education (PJE) publishes quarterly symposia in the broad area of education, including but not limited to topics related to formal institutions serving students in early childhood, pre-school, primary, elementary, intermediate, secondary, post-secondary, and tertiary education. The scope of the journal includes special kinds of educational institutions, such as those providing vocational training or the schooling for students with disabilities. PJE also welcomes manuscript submissions that concentrate on informal education dynamics, those outside the immediate framework of institutions, and education matters that are important to nations outside the United States.