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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457494703321

Autore

Peters Scott J (Scott Joseph)

Titolo

Democracy and higher education [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and stories of civic engagement / / Scott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil Schwartzbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-62895-161-3

1-60917-216-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement

Altri autori (Persone)

AlterTheodore R

SchwartzbachNeil

Disciplina

378/.015

Soggetti

Democracy and education - United States

Education, Higher - United States - Administration

Equality - United States

Education, Humanistic - Philosophy

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The public purposes and work question in American higher education. Answering the public purposes and work question ; Questioning the answers ; Developing and using practitioner profiles -- Practitioner profiles. Reaching outside the compartmentalized structure: a profile of Molly Jahn ; It isn't rocket science: a profile of Ken Reardon ; The making is the learning: a profile of Paula Horrigan ; Every interaction is an educational opportunity: a profile of Daniel J. Decker ; To be in there, in the thick of it: a profile of Marcia Eames-Sheavely ; I never set myself up as somebody special: a profile of Antonio DiTommaso ; Is it your problem, or is it a social problem? A profile of Tom Lyson ; My path has been different from my predecessors': a profile of Marvin Pritts ; The expert in the middle: a profile of Frank Rossi ; Leapfrogging back and forth: a profile of John Sipple ; I feel like a missionary: a profile of Tom Maloney ; A sense of communion: a profile of Anu Rangarajan -- Learning from profiles and practice stories. Lessons.



Sommario/riassunto

How are we to understand the nature and value of higher education's public purposes, mission, and work in a democratic society? How do-and how should-academic professionals contribute to and participate in civic life in their practices as scholars, scientists, and educators?   Democracy and Higher Education addresses these questions by combining an examination of several normative traditions of civic engagement in American higher education with the presentation and interpretation of a dozen oral history profiles of contemporary practitioners. In his analysis of these pr