Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher EducationWilliam Allen Routledge, 20.09.2017 - 249 Seiten Habits of Mind maintains that the fact that almost everyone now goes to college need not be seen as an obstacle to excellence in education. Some critics have insisted that college is not for everyone, but William B. Allen and Carol Allen assert that the college diploma has rightly become as much the norm in this century as the high school diploma was during the twentieth century. Accordingly, it is essential that higher education remains true to its deepest purpose: the cultivation of proficient humanity. The authors see the key to this goal as the development of judgment, or "habits of mind." Habits of mind are far and away the most influential determinants of human conduct, and nowhere are they more profoundly shaped than in institutions of higher education. Furthermore, liberal education has proven most effective in this undertaking.The authors elaborate on the purpose of higher education and identify the chief obstacles to achieving its aim. They demonstrate the critical role of academic leaders in achieving the aim of higher education and posit that excellence in judgment is the primary characteristic of the academic leaders who fulfill this role. They examine three aspects of access to higher education: academic readiness, the cost and funding of higher education, and the capacity of the physical plant. Finally, they use policies developed in Virginia to demonstrate realistic approaches to achieving the aims of access and quality discussed throughout the book.The authors draw on their years of experience as practitioners in both private and public institutions, liberal arts colleges, and research universities to develop their material. This volume will be of interest to faculty and students in higher education programs, nation and state public policymakers, legislative and academic leaders, and a general public concerned about the cost and value of a college education. |
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... Education Evaluating Higher Education: Waiting for Change Managing Higher Education: Lessons from Virginia Epilogue: The Rhetoric of Higher Education Bibliography Index ix xi 17 2. 55 3. 79 4. 125 5. 149 6. 181 231 243 Taylor & Francis ...
... Education Evaluating Higher Education: Waiting for Change Managing Higher Education: Lessons from Virginia Epilogue: The Rhetoric of Higher Education Bibliography Index ix xi 17 2. 55 3. 79 4. 125 5. 149 6. 181 231 243 Taylor & Francis ...
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... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the winter 1998 issue ... Education Policy) and in the proceedings of the Conference on Statistic ... Virginia and for their permission to quote from the “Petition to Abolish Tariff ...
... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the winter 1998 issue ... Education Policy) and in the proceedings of the Conference on Statistic ... Virginia and for their permission to quote from the “Petition to Abolish Tariff ...
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... Education for Virginia (SCHEV). In doing so he initiated a series of reforms, which are discussed in chapter 5 of ... Virginia's experience is used, then, to illustrate an approach to educational reform. Or, to put it differently, had we ...
... Education for Virginia (SCHEV). In doing so he initiated a series of reforms, which are discussed in chapter 5 of ... Virginia's experience is used, then, to illustrate an approach to educational reform. Or, to put it differently, had we ...
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... education in Virginia. The Council developed an innovative proposal to replace the erratic, ad-hoc decision-making ... Virginia's institutions of higher learning to achieve new levels of excellence, year after year. One of the most ...
... education in Virginia. The Council developed an innovative proposal to replace the erratic, ad-hoc decision-making ... Virginia's institutions of higher learning to achieve new levels of excellence, year after year. One of the most ...
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... education and in the moral responsibility placed in the hands of those who would lead the academy. The Story of Higher Education in Virginia: The Promise To paraphrase former Governor Gerald Baliles, “Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia, a ...
... education and in the moral responsibility placed in the hands of those who would lead the academy. The Story of Higher Education in Virginia: The Promise To paraphrase former Governor Gerald Baliles, “Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia, a ...
Inhalt
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1 An Idea of the University | 17 |
2 Excellence in Judgment | 55 |
3 Access to Higher Education | 79 |
Waiting for Change | 125 |
Lessons from Virginia | 149 |
The Rhetoric of Higher Education | 181 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Index | 243 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
academic leaders accountability achieve achievement gap Allan Bloom American approach assessment Barbara Herrnstein Smith black students campus cation challenge chapter citizens college education colleges and universities context Core course culture curriculum dents develop discussion diversity economic educa Education in Virginia efforts enrollment excellence in judgment faculty financial aid focus foreign language funding goal graduation rates higher education Ibid important increase individual institution’s institutions intellectual James Madison College Land-Grant Universities leadership learning less liberal arts liberal education means measures ment mission moral Morton Owen Schapiro multiculturalism multiversity nation offer one’s opportunity percent performance political practices proficient humanity programs public colleges Public Policy question reason reform require research university responsibility role social society standards system of higher talent Taylor & Francis teaching tion tuition undergraduate understanding versity Virginia Plan W. E. B. DuBois Washington Washington Post