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What Universities Can Be: A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership
Robert J. Sternberg
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Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 517.
In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders. One of the greatest problems in our society is a lack of leaders who understand the importance of behaving in ethical ways for the common good of all. At a time when new models of education are sorely needed, universities ... Read more
In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders. One of the greatest problems in our society is a lack of leaders who understand the importance of behaving in ethical ways for the common good of all. At a time when new models of education are sorely needed, universities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453786
SKU
V9780801453786
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About Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University. He is the author of College Admissions for the 21st Century. He holds thirteen honorary doctorates. Before moving to Cornell, Sternberg was President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming; Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for What Universities Can Be: A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership
What if we valued institutions of higher education for fostering good citizens and ethical leaders? Robert J. Sternberg, one of our most thoughtful psychologists, reflects intriguingly on this possibility.
Howard Earl Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Twenty-first Century ... Read more
Howard Earl Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Twenty-first Century ... Read more