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Autore: | Peters Scott J (Scott Joseph) |
Titolo: | Democracy and higher education : traditions and stories of civic engagement / / Scott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil Schwartzbach |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina: | 378/.015 |
Soggetto topico: | Democracy and education - United States |
Education, Higher - United States - Administration | |
Equality - United States | |
Education, Humanistic - Philosophy | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government |
Altri autori: | AlterTheodore R SchwartzbachNeil |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Democracy and higher education |
ISBN: | 1-62895-161-3 |
1-60917-216-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910807391803321 |
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