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Hope, Heart, and the Humanities
. Ed(S): Cheney, Jean; Newell, L. Jackson
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Description for Hope, Heart, and the Humanities
Paperback. Tells how Venture, a free, interdisciplinary college humanities course inspired by the national Clemente Course, has helped open doors for hundreds of students who, for various reasons, faced barriers to attending college. This course has given them the knowledge, confidence, and power to re-chart their lives. Editor(s): Cheney, Jean; Newell, L. Jackson. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Hope, Heart, and the Humanities
How a Free College Course is Changing Lives Edited by Jean Cheney and L. Jackson Newell with Hikmet Sidney Loe, Jeff Metcalf, and Bridget M. Newell
Hope, Heart, and the Humanities tells how Venture, a free, interdisciplinary college humanities course inspired by the national Clemente Course, has helped open doors for hundreds of students who, for various reasons, faced barriers to attending college. This course has given them the knowledge, confidence, and power to re-chart their lives.
Readers will go inside Venture classrooms to see what occurs when adults enter serious discussions ... Read more
Hope, Heart, and the Humanities
How a Free College Course is Changing Lives Edited by Jean Cheney and L. Jackson Newell with Hikmet Sidney Loe, Jeff Metcalf, and Bridget M. Newell
Hope, Heart, and the Humanities tells how Venture, a free, interdisciplinary college humanities course inspired by the national Clemente Course, has helped open doors for hundreds of students who, for various reasons, faced barriers to attending college. This course has given them the knowledge, confidence, and power to re-chart their lives.
Readers will go inside Venture classrooms to see what occurs when adults enter serious discussions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607815273
SKU
V9781607815273
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About . Ed(S): Cheney, Jean; Newell, L. Jackson
JEAN CHENEY is associate director of Utah Humanities. L. JACKSON NEWELL served as dean of Liberal Education at the University of Utah and president of Deep Springs College. HIKMET SIDNEY LOE teaches art history at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. JEFF METCALFis an award-winning teacher and writer in the English Department at the ... Read more
Reviews for Hope, Heart, and the Humanities
“A terrific introduction to a grass roots movement of oppressed people and educators worldwide, changing lives and communities through thinking and dialogue, more powerful than munitions. Students from all walks of life and backgrounds overcome poverty, racism, homelessness, abusive relationships, and hopelessness through their study of the humanities. Nuggets of teaching brilliance pervade the volume." —David R. Kittay, director, ... Read more