Description: Universitas by Thomas E. Boudreau An argument that universities, to prepare students successfully for the future, must undergo significant reform and renewal, especially at the undergraduate level. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Believing that current educational policies and practices in American institutions of higher learning contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year experience for many undergraduates, the author provides a sense of new direction to aid in the restructuring and reform of undergraduate education in America. The primary question of the work is: How can the years of undergraduate education empower the student with the knowledge and integrated set of skills needed for a lifetime of learning and productive work? Boudreau focuses on the primary responsibility of all institutions of higher learning to provide a superior undergraduate education. All other functions of a university should be secondary to this commitment. Unfortunately, this basic premise seems lost today. This work argues that universities must undergo significant reform and renewal, especially at the undergraduate level, if they are to prepare students successfully for the future. Author Biography THOMAS E. BOUDREAU is an Assistant Professor at The School for Social and Systemic Studies at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is the author of Sheathing the Sword (Greenwood, 1991). Table of Contents Preface: A Young Mans Death in the DesertForeword by John M. CarforaIntroduction: Educational Agnostics: The America Campus in CrisisThe Search for First PrinciplesBack to Basics: Revisiting Platos RepublicThe Languaged Life of Learning: The Intersubjective ImperativeReconceiving the University: The Great Books versus the Great DebateRediscovering Atlantis: A Navigators Guide to Western CivilizationRestructuring Higher Education in AmericaSlaying the Sacred Cows: The Restructuring of the UniversityReturning Home: The Odyssey of LearningThe Coming Global Campus: The Intercultural ImperativeThe Groves of Akademos: The Campus as CommunityA Vision of the UniversityA Vision of the University: The Importance of Leadership on Campus"The Illimitable Freedom of the Mind": Jeffersons University and the Federalist LeagueConclusion: Universitas: Restoring the WholePostscriptSelect BibliographyIndex Review ?This extremly interesting volume aims to expose a number of current educational policies and practices in American higher education institutions that contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year period for many undergraduate students...All in all, his vision of what a university should be about gives the reader new hope and perspective for what the university can be. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers, and professionals and practitioners.?-Choice"This extremly interesting volume aims to expose a number of current educational policies and practices in American higher education institutions that contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year period for many undergraduate students...All in all, his vision of what a university should be about gives the reader new hope and perspective for what the university can be. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers, and professionals and practitioners."-Choice Long Description Believing that current educational policies and practices in American institutions of higher learning contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year experience for many undergraduates, the author provides a sense of new direction to aid in the restructuring and reform of undergraduate education in America. The primary question of the work is: How can the years of undergraduate education empower the student with the knowledge and integrated set of skills needed for a lifetime of learning and productive work? Boudreau focuses on the primary responsibility of all institutions of higher learning to provide a superior undergraduate education. All other functions of a university should be secondary to this commitment. Unfortunately, this basic premise seems lost today. This work argues that universities must undergo significant reform and renewal, especially at the undergraduate level, if they are to prepare students successfully for the future. Review Quote "This extremly interesting volume aims to expose a number of current educational policies and practices in American higher education institutions that contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year period for many undergraduate students...All in all, his vision of what a university should be about gives the reader new hope and perspective for what the university can be. Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers, and professionals and practitioners." Choice Details ISBN0275955842 Year 1998 ISBN-10 0275955842 ISBN-13 9780275955847 Format Hardcover Country of Publication United States DEWEY 378.73 Author Thomas E. Boudreau Short Title UNIVERSITAS Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Publication Date 1998-05-12 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 232 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Subtitle The Social Restructuring of American Undergraduate Education UK Release Date 1998-05-12 NZ Release Date 1998-05-12 US Release Date 1998-05-12 Audience Age 7-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 1998-05-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:16436644;
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