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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... Standards” (published by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the winter 1998 issue of its journal Virginia Issues and Answers) has been incorporated into chapter 1. Portions of chapter 2 were published in an article ...
... Standards” (published by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the winter 1998 issue of its journal Virginia Issues and Answers) has been incorporated into chapter 1. Portions of chapter 2 were published in an article ...
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... standards of academic excellence. It rejects the industrial corporatist model for the university, yet it insists upon managerial efficiency. It defends faculty control of the curriculum in the face of trustee activism, yet it insists ...
... standards of academic excellence. It rejects the industrial corporatist model for the university, yet it insists upon managerial efficiency. It defends faculty control of the curriculum in the face of trustee activism, yet it insists ...
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... standards of moral and political judgment in a way that clergymen once had been.4 Although this very articulate distinction clarifies greatly the usage of the eighteenth century, commentators since have preferred to describe the “habits ...
... standards of moral and political judgment in a way that clergymen once had been.4 Although this very articulate distinction clarifies greatly the usage of the eighteenth century, commentators since have preferred to describe the “habits ...
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... standard of intellectual rigor. What this book does, then, is to chart a course out of these thickets for higher education, thus allowing the path of sound habits of mind to become clearer. Notes Introduction The Multiversity at a ...
... standard of intellectual rigor. What this book does, then, is to chart a course out of these thickets for higher education, thus allowing the path of sound habits of mind to become clearer. Notes Introduction The Multiversity at a ...
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... standard for education during the twentieth century emboldened us to ask why we should not set a college degree as the universal minimal standard for education during the twenty-first century. Certainly there are indications that a ...
... standard for education during the twentieth century emboldened us to ask why we should not set a college degree as the universal minimal standard for education during the twenty-first century. Certainly there are indications that 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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