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Title The relevance of higher education : exploring a contested notion / edited by Timothy L. Simpson
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 221 pages)
Contents A philosophy of prudence and the purpose of higher education today -- Relevance in higher education : a modest proposal -- The expanding circuit of life : higher education, wit, and relevance -- Virtue, happiness, and balance : what Jefferson can still teach us about higher education -- Toward a neo-perennialist philosophy of liberal education -- Academic freedom and the role of the humanities -- The university and the polis in an age of relevance -- Order and educational relevance : crisis and conservancy in western civilization -- American democracy and liberal education in an era of 'relevance' -- The social relevance of egoism and perfectionism : Nietzsche's education of the public good -- Irrelevance is not an option : higher education and the American socio-economic system -- Institutional diversity and the future of American higher education : reconsidering the vision of David Riesman
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher -- Philosophy
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Education, Higher -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
Author Simpson, Timothy (Timothy L.), editor of compilation.
LC no. 2021675852
ISBN 9780739182536
0739182536
1306094321
9781306094320