03833nam 2200661 a 450 991078156930332120230725053820.01-62895-161-31-60917-216-7(CKB)2550000000065631(EBL)1672279(SSID)ssj0000566620(PQKBManifestationID)11358859(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566620(PQKBWorkID)10550716(PQKB)10440055(MiAaPQ)EBC3338122(OCoLC)774285360(MdBmJHUP)muse9374(Au-PeEL)EBL3338122(CaPaEBR)ebr10514509(EXLCZ)99255000000006563120100129d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrDemocracy and higher education[electronic resource] traditions and stories of civic engagement /Scott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil SchwartzbachEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20101 online resource (417 p.)Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagementDescription based upon print version of record.0-87013-976-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 prTransformations in higher education.Democracy and educationUnited StatesEducation, HigherUnited StatesAdministrationEqualityUnited StatesEducation, HumanisticPhilosophyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentDemocracy and educationEducation, HigherAdministration.EqualityEducation, HumanisticPhilosophy.378/.015Peters Scott J(Scott Joseph)786565Alter Theodore R1561765Schwartzbach Neil1561766MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781569303321Democracy and higher education3828774UNINA