LEADER 03833nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910781569303321 005 20230725053820.0 010 $a1-62895-161-3 010 $a1-60917-216-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065631 035 $a(EBL)1672279 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000566620 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11358859 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566620 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10550716 035 $a(PQKB)10440055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338122 035 $a(OCoLC)774285360 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9374 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338122 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514509 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065631 100 $a20100129d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy and higher education$b[electronic resource] $etraditions and stories of civic engagement /$fScott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil Schwartzbach 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 225 1 $aTransformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-976-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aHow are we to understand the nature and value of higher education's public purposes, mission, and work in a democratic society? How do-and how should-academic professionals contribute to and participate in civic life in their practices as scholars, scientists, and educators? Democracy and Higher Education addresses these questions by combining an examination of several normative traditions of civic engagement in American higher education with the presentation and interpretation of a dozen oral history profiles of contemporary practitioners. In his analysis of these pr 410 0$aTransformations in higher education. 606 $aDemocracy and education$zUnited States 606 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States$xAdministration 606 $aEquality$zUnited States 606 $aEducation, Humanistic$xPhilosophy 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDemocracy and education 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xAdministration. 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aEducation, Humanistic$xPhilosophy. 676 $a378/.015 700 $aPeters$b Scott J$g(Scott Joseph)$0786565 701 $aAlter$b Theodore R$01561765 701 $aSchwartzbach$b Neil$01561766 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781569303321 996 $aDemocracy and higher education$93828774 997 $aUNINA