Download or read book Public Universities and the Public Sphere written by W. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Universities and the Public Sphere argues that two crises facing America - a crisis of public discourse and a crisis of public higher education - are closely connected. Part of the solution, Smith argues in this timely work, to both crises lies in understanding and building on the connection.