Democracy and higher education traditions and stories of civic engagement

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Author

Peters, Scott J. (Scott Joseph)

Title

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

ISBN

9781609172169

0870139762 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780870139765 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Published

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)

Physical Description

1 online resource (xx, 396 p. )

Local Notes

Access is available to the Yale community.

Notes

Description based on print version record.

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Variant and related titles

Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Current Complete Collection.

Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Higher Education Collection.

Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Format

Books / Online

Language

English

Added to Catalog

July 25, 2012

Series

Transformations in higher education.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Subjects

Democracy and education > United States.

Education, Higher > United States > Administration.

Education, Humanistic > Philosophy.

Equality > United States.

United States > Politics and government.

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Alter, Theodore R.

Schwartzbach, Neil.

Project Muse.

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