Democracy and higher education : traditions and stories of civic engagement / Scott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil Schwartzbach.

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How are we to understand the nature and value of higher education's public purposes, mission, and work in a democratic society? How do-and how should-academic professionals contribute to and participate in civic life in their practices as scholars, scientists, and educators? Democracy and Higher Edu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, Scott J. (Scott Joseph)
Other Authors: Alter, Theodore R.
Schwartzbach, Neil
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Transformations in higher education.
Subjects:
Democracy and education > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > Administration.
Equality > United States.
Education, Humanistic > Philosophy.
United States > Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy and education.
Education, Higher > Administration.
Equality.
Politics and government.
United States.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 396 pages).
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The public purposes and work question in American higher education. Answering the public purposes and work question ; Questioning the answers ; Developing and using practitioner profiles
  • Practitioner profiles. Reaching outside the compartmentalized structure: a profile of Molly Jahn ; It isn't rocket science: a profile of Ken Reardon ; The making is the learning: a profile of Paula Horrigan ; Every interaction is an educational opportunity: a profile of Daniel J. Decker ; To be in there, in the thick of it: a profile of Marcia Eames-Sheavely ; I never set myself up as somebody special: a profile of Antonio DiTommaso ; Is it your problem, or is it a social problem? A profile of Tom Lyson ; My path has been different from my predecessors': a profile of Marvin Pritts ; The expert in the middle: a profile of Frank Rossi ; Leapfrogging back and forth: a profile of John Sipple ; I feel like a missionary: a profile of Tom Maloney ; A sense of communion: a profile of Anu Rangarajan
  • Learning from profiles and practice stories. Lessons.