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*A rift opens between pragmatist academics and more skeptical students and alumni - this is most noticeable in [[Randolph Bourne]]'s critique of [[John Dewey]]'s instrumentalist support for the war | *A rift opens between pragmatist academics and more skeptical students and alumni - this is most noticeable in [[Randolph Bourne]]'s critique of [[John Dewey]]'s instrumentalist support for the war | ||
| − | *President [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] asks professors to support war, and quashes the dissent of those who don't. The dissenters and supporters of free speech, including [[John Dewey]] and [[Charles Beard]], eventually | + | *President [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] asks professors to support war, and quashes the dissent of those who don't. The dissenters and supporters of free speech, including [[John Dewey]] and [[Charles Beard]], eventually left, in [[1919]], to found the [[New School for Social Research]] |
| − | *The need for a "war issues" course, and later, one to understand postwar issues, evolves into [[Contemporary Civilization]], the first [[Core Curriculum]] requirement | + | *The need for a "war issues" course, and later, one to understand postwar issues, evolves into [[Contemporary Civilization]], the first [[Core Curriculum]] requirement, established by [[1919]] |
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Revision as of 02:22, 29 November 2007
- See also Wikipedia's article about "World War I".
World War I had significant implications for Columbia:
- A rift opens between pragmatist academics and more skeptical students and alumni - this is most noticeable in Randolph Bourne's critique of John Dewey's instrumentalist support for the war
- President Nicholas Murray Butler asks professors to support war, and quashes the dissent of those who don't. The dissenters and supporters of free speech, including John Dewey and Charles Beard, eventually left, in 1919, to found the New School for Social Research
- The need for a "war issues" course, and later, one to understand postwar issues, evolves into Contemporary Civilization, the first Core Curriculum requirement, established by 1919
