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

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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1. Verfasser: Shils, Edward, 1910-1995
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0226753409
9780226753409
9780226753393
0226753395
9780226753386
0226753387

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