"To serve a larger purpose" : engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education /

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""To Serve a Larger Purpose"" calls for the reclamation of the original democratic purposes of civic engagement and examines the requisite transformation of higher education required to achieve it. The contributors to this timely and relevant volume effectively highlight the curr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Saltmarsh, John A., 1957-, Hartley, Matthew, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Education, Higher > United States.
Democracy and education > United States.
Educational leadership > United States.
Educational planning > United States.
Démocratie et éducation > États-Unis.
Leadership en éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy and education.
Education, Higher.
Educational leadership.
Educational planning.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:""To Serve a Larger Purpose"" calls for the reclamation of the original democratic purposes of civic engagement and examines the requisite transformation of higher education required to achieve it. The contributors to this timely and relevant volume effectively highlight the current practice of civic engagement and point to the institutional change needed to realize its democratic ideals. Using multiple perspectives, ""To Serve a Larger Purpose"" explores the democratic processes and purposes that reorient civic engagement to what the editors call ""democratic enga.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439905081
1439905088
1280128119
9781280128110
9786613531995
6613531995

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