Shapiro A Larger Sense of Purpose

Higher Education and Society
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2674-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: The William G. Bowen Series

Harold T. Shapiro served as President of the University of Michigan (1979-1988) and as President of Princeton University (1988-2001). He is currently Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton. The coeditor of Universities and Their Leadership (Princeton), he served as chair of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission from July 1996 to October 2001, and from 1990 to 1992 as a member and vice chair of President George Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapiro, Harold T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue ix

The University and Society 1

The Transformation of the Antebellum College

From Right Thinking to Liberal Learning 40

Liberal Education, Liberal Democracy, and the Soul of the University 88

Some Ethical Dimensions of Scientific Progress 120

Bibliography 163

Index 175

Über Autor(innen)

Harold T. Shapiro served as President of the University of Michigan (1979-1988) and as President of Princeton University (1988-2001). He is currently Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton. The coeditor of Universities and Their Leadership (Princeton), he served as chair of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission from July 1996 to October 2001, and from 1990 to 1992 as a member and vice chair of President George Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.