The relevance of higher education : exploring a contested notion / / edited by Timothy Simpson

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.01
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Aims and objectives; Education, Higher - Philosophy
• Altri autori: SimpsonTimothy (Timothy L.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Relevance ; 9 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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. </s
• Titolo autorizzato: The relevance of higher education
• ISBN: 1-4985-2589-X; 0-7391-8253-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821410803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II