Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher EducationTransaction Publishers - 249 pages "...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 |
From inside the book
... faculty control of the curriculum in the face of trustee activ- ism , yet it insists upon the fiduciary capacities and responsibilities of trustees . Is it hopelessly conflicted , irresolute . the expression of divided counsels ? No ...
... faculty will adopt a probing , often skeptical approach to their teaching , an approach that Jacob and Noam Neusner aptly capture in their account of the " good teacher " : What makes a good teacher . then , is clear . A good teacher is ...
... faculty who must engender these conversa- tions benefit from being called to account only by those who share in their vocation and are immediately affected by it . As Oakeshott ex- pressed it , " a university is not a machine for ...
... faculty from external accountability for opinions expressed . this conception concedes too much — namely , that the audience of academic discourse lies beyond the learning community . And inso- far as we mean to protect faculty from one ...
... faculty is a lapse in its community responsibility . " Noel B. Reynolds . " On the Moral Responsibilities of Universities . " in Dennis L. Thompson , ed . . Moral Values and Higher Education : A Nation at Risk ( Provo , UT : Brigham ...
Contents
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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Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education William Allen Limited preview - 2017 |
Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education William Allen Limited preview - 2017 |
Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education William Barclay Allen,Carol M. Allen No preview available - 2003 |