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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... approaches present in the research university are excluded from the discussion in these terms ( even in equipment dependent technological areas of research and study ) . But that is just another way to say that research universities ...
... approach , we do not really need to choose between educating students for life and for work . A strong liberal education will equip students with the important skills they will need in the workplace . A liberal education will develop ...
... approach to gauging and influencing the perfor- mance of colleges and universities is to measure their capacity to add value to student learning . An institution that seriously attempts to measure — and to improve — that value will ...
... approaches to learning over inertial approaches . If we do this we can spawn a renaissance of residential colleges , even within public universities . But this will not be easy . It does not suffice to point out that more Rhodes ...
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Inhalt
17 | |
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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