Offers a historical analysis of the rise and fall of higher education in the past 30 years, through an account of the senior author's experiences as a Je teaching religious studies during the Cold War. Addresses the ways in which public policy dictated university and college educational policies, a

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No one with a commitment to the idealism and high standards that should dominate daily life in our college and universities can afford to miss reading this book. Jacob Neusner may anger some and delight others, but the sharpness of his mind and forcefulness of his opinions are not in doubt, and are vigorously evident in this volume. It is a welcome and provocative contribution to our reflections on the state of learning and the future of the university.--Leon Botstein, President of Bard College

Jacob Neusner's mistake was not in taking on almost the entire establishment in 'Jewish Studies.' His mistake was being better at it than all the rest of them put together. His quasi-memoir, written together with one of his sons, is not only an account of what happens to somebody who takes on establishments and wins, it is also the story of American higher education for the last thirty years. The conclusion one must draw from his story is that the academics don't live up to their principles and neither does the Academy, and when these two are combined it is very, very difficult to be an innovator, especially a brilliant one.--Andrew M. Greeley, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona

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