Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher EducationTransaction Publishers - 249 Seiten "...a compelling synthesis that clears away much of the intellectual clutter in strategic planning and offers a creative, if somewhat elitist, theory that fuses the strengths of the university with the context and challenges of the 21st century."--Choice "The goal of higher education as described by Allen and Allen is based on a curriculum of study for a proficient humanity characterized by excellence in judgement.... The authors have presented a refreshing treatise on the values of education, respect for working toward a more civilized society, acknowledgement of human diginity and the need for more moral and fair treatment within our society. Higher education is positioned to contribute to these lofty ideals and is described very well in this book."--Alton L. Taylor, University of Virginia |
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... delivering higher education in Virginia ask themselves , " What is the purpose of higher learning ? " The thirteen and a half months this project lasted produced 1 Introduction: The Multiversity at a Millennial Crossroads.
... learning to achieve new levels of excellence . year after year . One of the most creative aspects of the funding proposal was its intention to measure the quality of an institution not relative to its peers or based on repu- tation ...
... learning in the multiversity are so many - sided that only with difficulty may one consistently identify the wholes to which the diverse parts or units belong . John Francis and Mark Hampton have aptly substituted the metaphor of a ...
... learning communities " clearly preserve the work of addressing ignorance as an organizing con- ception . " At the same time , however , the specific reforms grafted onto this stock do not clarify the continuing relevance of intrinsic ...
... learners enter their vocations — that produces the motivation to penetrate to the sources and true bearings of things . As such , the discursive community is better fostered wherever skepticism is prac- ticed as a right — expected ...
Inhalt
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Excellence in Judgment | 55 |
Access to Higher Education | 79 |
Evaluating Higher Education Waiting for Change | 125 |
Managing Higher Education Lessons from Virginia | 149 |
Epilogue The Rhetoric of Higher Education | 181 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Index | 243 |
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