Relevance of Higher Education (eBook)

Exploring a Contested Notion

Timothy Simpson (Herausgeber)

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2013
256 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8253-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 and society. As a result of this study, it should be possible to develop a robust understanding of relevance, its impact on higher education and society, and a rich framework for guiding higher education policy.

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Most statements today about higher education begin with the assumption that it should be relevant. That it should be relevant, however, does not settle the matter. The significance of relevance depends on the power of something else that is more fundamental. Relevance may be a true standard of judgment, but it does not stand by itself. Assuming higher education should be relevant, the question emerges, relevant to what? Why? How? At what costs? And, relevant in what sense? These are some of the central questions animating this study. The Relevance of Higher Education: Exploring a Contested Notion, edited by Timothy L. Simpson examines the relevance of higher education by bringing together the work of historians, political scientists, and educational philosophers. The contributors probe the meaning of relevance in its many guises, providing an historical and philosophical account of the roots of this concept and its impact on the institution of higher education. Furthermore, The Relevance of Higher Education provides a critical evaluation of the impact of relevance on our understanding of the political and economic relationship between higher education and society. This study suggests views of relevance that could guide the future of higher education. By providing penetrating analysis, this text thoroughly explores relevance and its underlying assumptions, potential implications and long-lasting effects on higher education and society. The Relevance of Higher Education provides the tools necessary to develop a rich framework for understanding relevance and its impact on higher education and society.

Autor

Timothy L. Simpson is an associate professor of education at Morehead State University.

Inhalt

Introduction.Chapter 1. A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of HIgher Education Todayby Lee TrepanierChapter 2. Relevance in Higher Education: A Modest Proposalby Jon M. FennellChapter 3. The Expanding Circuit of Life: Higher Education, Wit, and Relevanceby Bryan R. WarnickChapter 4. Virtue, Happiness, and Balance: What Jefferson Can Still Teach us about Higher Educationby Michael SchwartzChapter 5. Toward a Neo-Perennialist Philosophy of Liberal Educationby Wayne WillisChapter 6. Academic Freedom and the Role of the Humanitiesby James Scott JohnstonChapter 7. The University and the Polis in an Age of Relevanceby Bradley C.S. WatsonChapter 8. Order and Educational Relevance: Crisis and Conservancy in Western Civilizationby Michael Wayne HailChapter 9. American Democracy and Liberal Education in an Era of "Relevance"by Jason R. JividenChapter 10. The Social Relevance of Egoism and Perfectionism: Nietzsche's Education for the Public Goodby Mark JonasChapter 11. Irrelevance is Not an Option: Higher Education and the American Socio-economic Systemby Stephen ClementsChapter 12. Institutional Diversity and the Future of American Higher Education: Reconsidering the Vision of David Riesmanby Wilfred M. McClayAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.9.2013
• Co-Autor: Stephen Clements, Bryan R. Warnick, Bradley C.S. Watson, Wayne Willis, Jon M. Fennell, Michael Wayne Hail, Jason R. Jividen, James Scott Johnston, Mark Jonas, Wilfred M. McClay, Michael Schwartz, Lee Trepanier
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Civic education • Education • higher education • Liberal Education • Philosophy of education
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8253-6 / 0739182536
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8253-6 / 9780739182536