An EconoTimes perspective

Johann N. Neem

Professor of American History, Western Washington University

Professor of American History, Western Washington University My scholarship has emphasized the political and intellectual history of the early American republic. I have also written extensively about contemporary education reform at the K12 and higher levels. I am author of three books: 1. What's the Point of College? Seeking Purpose in an Age of Reform (2019); 2. Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America (2017); and 3. Creating a Nation of Joiners: Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts (2008).