LEADER 03112nam 22006011 450 001 9910453370003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4985-2589-X 010 $a0-7391-8253-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001157637 035 $a(EBL)1528054 035 $a(OCoLC)862746561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041375 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12408605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041375 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11010081 035 $a(PQKB)10686533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1528054 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1528054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10799566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL540683 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001157637 100 $a20131111d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe relevance of higher education $eexploring a contested notion /$fedited by Timothy Simpson 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington Books,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-8252-8 311 $a1-306-09432-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Relevance 327 $a9 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 Authors 330 $aThe 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.