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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 and Neil Schwartzbach.

Imprint East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

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Description xviii, 396 p.
Series Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Democracy and education -- United States.
Education, Higher -- United States -- Administration.
Equality -- United States.
Education, Humanistic -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Alter, Theodore R.
Schwartzbach, Neil.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780870139765 (pbk. alk. paper)
0870139762 (pbk. alk. paper)
9781609172169 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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