03079nam 22005891 450 991079088440332120200520144314.01-4985-2589-X0-7391-8253-6(CKB)2550000001157637(EBL)1528054(OCoLC)862746561(SSID)ssj0001041375(PQKBManifestationID)12408605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041375(PQKBWorkID)11010081(PQKB)10686533(MiAaPQ)EBC1528054(Au-PeEL)EBL1528054(CaPaEBR)ebr10799566(CaONFJC)MIL540683(EXLCZ)99255000000115763720131111d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe relevance of higher education exploring a contested notion /edited by Timothy SimpsonLanham :Lexington Books,[2013]©20131 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8252-8 1-306-09432-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Philosophical Dimensions of Relevance; 1 A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of Higher Education Today; 2 Relevance in Higher Education; 3 The Expanding Circuit of Life; II: Historical Perspectives of Relevance; 4 Virtue, Happiness, and Balance; 5 Toward a Neo-Perennialist Philosophy of Liberal Education; 6 Academic Freedom and the Role of the Humanities; III: Political Dimensions of Relevance; 7 The University and the Polis in an Age of Relevance; 8 Order and Educational Relevance9 American Democracy and Liberal Education in an Era of "Relevance"10 The Social Relevance of Egoism and Perfectionism; IV: Socio-economic Dimensions of Relevance; 11 Irrelevance is Not an Option; 12 Institutional Diversity and the Future of American Higher Education; Index; About the AuthorsThe Relevance of Higher Education: Exploring a Contested Notion, edited by Timothy L. Simpson, examines the relevance of higher education from diverse disciplinary perspectives to grasp its historical and philosophical assumptions, and its implications for the relationship between higher education and society. As a result of this study, it should be possible to develop a robust understanding of relevance, its impact on higher education and society, and a rich framework for guiding higher education policy. </sEducation, HigherAims and objectivesEducation, HigherPhilosophyEducation, HigherAims and objectives.Education, HigherPhilosophy.378.01Simpson Timothy(Timothy L.)1464966MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790884403321The relevance of higher education3674788UNINA