The Relevance of Higher Education : Exploring a Contested Notion.
The Relevance of Higher Education: Exploring a Contested Notion, edited by Timothy L. Simpson, examines the relevance of higher education from diverse disciplinary perspectives to grasp its historical and philosophical assumptions, and its implications for the relationship between higher education a...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Trepanier, Lee. Fennell, Jon M. Warnick, Bryan R. Schwartz, Michael. Willis, Wayne. Johnston, James Scott. Watson, Bradley C.S. Hail, Michael Wayne. Jividen, Jason R. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2013. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I: Philosophical Dimensions of Relevance
- 1 A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of Higher Education Today
- 2 Relevance in Higher Education
- 3 The Expanding Circuit of Life
- II: Historical Perspectives of Relevance
- 4 Virtue, Happiness, and Balance
- 5 Toward a Neo-Perennialist Philosophy of Liberal Education
- 6 Academic Freedom and the Role of the Humanities
- III: Political Dimensions of Relevance
- 7 The University and the Polis in an Age of Relevance
- 8 Order and Educational Relevance
- 9 American Democracy and Liberal Education in an Era of "Relevance"
- 10 The Social Relevance of Egoism and Perfectionism
- IV: Socio-economic Dimensions of Relevance
- 11 Irrelevance is Not an Option
- 12 Institutional Diversity and the Future of American Higher Education
- Index
- About the Authors.