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Author:

Sternberg, Robert J., author.

Title:

What universities can be : a new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership / Robert J. Sternberg.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Universities and colleges--United States.
81.80 tertiary education.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects.
Education, Higher--Social aspects.
Universities and colleges.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.

Contents:

Three traditions of higher education in relation to democracy -- Mission of the ACCEL university -- The skills ACCEL universities should develop -- Diversity in the ACCEL institution -- Admissions in ACCEL universities -- Financial aid and college costs -- Teaching and learning in ACCEL universities -- Assessing student learning -- Retention and graduation -- The role of athletics in the ACCEL university -- Assessing faculty in the ACCEL university -- Governance in ACCEL universities -- Marketing higher education in ACCEL universities -- It's not only students that need to learn : a model of institutional change for assessing universities as learning organizations -- Transforming a university into an ACCEL university : what one can do right now.

ISBN:

080145378X
9780801453786

OCLC:

(OCoLC)936205610

LCCN:

2016003659

Locations:

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)