The calling of education : the academic ethic and other essays on higher education /

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Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. Th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shils, Edward, 1910-1995
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
College teachers > Professional ethics.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Philosophie.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. The first essay, "The Academic Ethic," articulates the unique ethical demands of the academic profession and directs special attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces, including Shils's renowned Jefferson lectures, focus on perennial issues in higher learning: the meanin
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0226753409
9780226753409
9780226753393
0226753395
9780226753386
0226753387

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