Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher EducationTransaction Publishers - 249 páginas "...a compelling synthesis that clears away much of the intellectual clutter in strategic planning and offers a creative, if somewhat elitist, theory that fuses the strengths of the university with the context and challenges of the 21st century."--Choice "The goal of higher education as described by Allen and Allen is based on a curriculum of study for a proficient humanity characterized by excellence in judgement.... The authors have presented a refreshing treatise on the values of education, respect for working toward a more civilized society, acknowledgement of human diginity and the need for more moral and fair treatment within our society. Higher education is positioned to contribute to these lofty ideals and is described very well in this book."--Alton L. Taylor, University of Virginia |
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... assessment . as well as the provision of unique skills . creates an effective spine along which run the nerve endings of economic progress . That Virginia shook off the incubus of a troubled racial past and educational backwardness to ...
... assess their performance fails to measure what is most important and . often . generates unintended consequences that divert institutions away from a focus on under- graduate learning . Indicators such as reputation ( as determined by ...
... . you become accountable for assessing how well you are meeting those goals and for making difficult decisions if vou are not doing SO , " 28 Diamond admonishes us that if the faculty do not themselves 36 Habits of Mind.
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Índice
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Excellence in Judgment | 55 |
Access to Higher Education | 79 |
Evaluating Higher Education Waiting for Change | 125 |
Managing Higher Education Lessons from Virginia | 149 |
Epilogue The Rhetoric of Higher Education | 181 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Index | 243 |
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