Russell K Nieli
Biographic Data
| ID | 4468511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell K Nieli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell K |
| FAMILY NAME | Nieli |
| SIGNATURE | NIELI R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Merit vs. Equality
Bell, Daniel (1919–2011)
Daniel Bell was one of the most influential American sociologists and social theorists in the middle years of the twentieth century. This entry describes three “big ideas” that Bell developed in his work that helped contribute to his widespread influence and reputation: (1) that the promises of the various political ideologies derived from Marx and other utopian thinkers had proven in time to be illusory and would never command the respect they o…
Snowflake Jacobins
Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Fisher v. Texas
Sexual Ethics
Selling Merit Down the River
The River Pilots are at it again. And they are as confused as ever. Their latest endeavor, Taming the River (River III, 2009), offers a detailed analysis of the results of two sets of questionnaires given to a representative sample of college students at twenty-eight selective colleges and universities who matriculated as freshmen in the fall of 1999. Like their earlier work, The Source of the River (River II, 2003), which examined the achievemen…
Diversity’s Discontents
From Christian Gentleman to Bewildered Seeker
In this carefully documented essay, Russell K. Nieli outlines the major transformation in American higher education that began at the end of the nineteenth century. Today’s research- and vocation-driven private universities began as Christian institutions founded by zealous evangelizers, while public colleges embraced a watered-down version of the earnest and forward-thinking Protestant gentleman’s worldview, which saw no conflict between theolog…
The Decline and Revival of Liberal Learning at Duke
Small programs can make a big difference on college campuses. At Duke University, a few dedicated people, with the support of college administrators, exploited the all-too-evident liabilities of curriculum fragmentation, political correctness, and the lack of direction felt by undergraduate students to create intellectually valuable and stimulating new offerings. Russell Nieli tells how the Gerst and Focus programs have influenced that university…
Enhancing intellectual diversity on campus—the James Madison Program at Princeton
Commercial Society and Christian Virtue
From earliest apostolic and patristic times, Christian writers have generally been suspicious of the common human desire to improve one's economic status. In Britain, however, by the end of the seventeenth century, this suspicion had all but vanished as most Christians began to accommodate themselves to the exigencies of an increasingly dynamic commercial society. This article takes up the early eighteenth-century controversy over the compatibili…
Spheres of Intimacy and the Adam Smith Problem
Spheres of Intimacy and the Adam Smith Problem
Commercial Society and Christian Virtue
From earliest apostolic and patristic times, Christian writers have generally been suspicious of the common human desire to improve one's economic status. In Britain, however, by the end of the seventeenth century, this suspicion had all but vanished as most Christians began to accommodate themselves to the exigencies of an increasingly dynamic commercial society. This article takes up the early eighteenth-century controversy over the compatibili…
Spheres of Intimacy and the Adam Smith Problem
Commercial Society and Christian Virtue
From earliest apostolic and patristic times, Christian writers have generally been suspicious of the common human desire to improve one's economic status. In Britain, however, by the end of the seventeenth century, this suspicion had all but vanished as most Christians began to accommodate themselves to the exigencies of an increasingly dynamic commercial society. This article takes up the early eighteenth-century controversy over the compatibili…
Enhancing intellectual diversity on campus—the James Madison Program at Princeton
From Christian Gentleman to Bewildered Seeker
In this carefully documented essay, Russell K. Nieli outlines the major transformation in American higher education that began at the end of the nineteenth century. Today’s research- and vocation-driven private universities began as Christian institutions founded by zealous evangelizers, while public colleges embraced a watered-down version of the earnest and forward-thinking Protestant gentleman’s worldview, which saw no conflict between theolog…
The Decline and Revival of Liberal Learning at Duke
Small programs can make a big difference on college campuses. At Duke University, a few dedicated people, with the support of college administrators, exploited the all-too-evident liabilities of curriculum fragmentation, political correctness, and the lack of direction felt by undergraduate students to create intellectually valuable and stimulating new offerings. Russell Nieli tells how the Gerst and Focus programs have influenced that university…
Diversity’s Discontents
Selling Merit Down the River
The River Pilots are at it again. And they are as confused as ever. Their latest endeavor, Taming the River (River III, 2009), offers a detailed analysis of the results of two sets of questionnaires given to a representative sample of college students at twenty-eight selective colleges and universities who matriculated as freshmen in the fall of 1999. Like their earlier work, The Source of the River (River II, 2003), which examined the achievemen…
Sexual Ethics
Fisher v. Texas
Snowflake Jacobins
Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Bell, Daniel (1919–2011)
Daniel Bell was one of the most influential American sociologists and social theorists in the middle years of the twentieth century. This entry describes three “big ideas” that Bell developed in his work that helped contribute to his widespread influence and reputation: (1) that the promises of the various political ideologies derived from Marx and other utopian thinkers had proven in time to be illusory and would never command the respect they o…
Merit vs. Equality
Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Higher education (10 works) · Philosophy of education (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Social science (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)