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New Agenda for Higher Education
Sullivan
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Description for New Agenda for Higher Education
Hardcover. A Life of the Mind for Practice proposes a new model of undergraduate teaching, focused on the interdependence of liberal education and professional training. This book shows how both liberal arts educators and educators of professionals can provide their students with access to the actual practices as well as the purposes of their professions. Series: Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
In A New Agenda for Higher Education, the authors endorse higher educationâ??s utility for enhancing the practical as well as intellectual dimensions of life by developing a third, different conception of educational purpose. Based on The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching seminar that brought together educators from six professional fields with faculty from the liberal arts and sciences, A New Agenda for Higher Education proposes an educational aim of â??practical reason,â?? focusing on the interdependence of liberal education and professional training.
In A New Agenda for Higher Education, the authors endorse higher educationâ??s utility for enhancing the practical as well as intellectual dimensions of life by developing a third, different conception of educational purpose. Based on The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching seminar that brought together educators from six professional fields with faculty from the liberal arts and sciences, A New Agenda for Higher Education proposes an educational aim of â??practical reason,â?? focusing on the interdependence of liberal education and professional training.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470257579
SKU
V9780470257579
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About Sullivan
THE AUTHORS WILLIAM M. SULLIVAN is codirector of the Carnegie Foundation’s Preparation for the Professions Program. He is the author of Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America and coauthor of Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law and Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. MATTHEW S. ... Read more
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