1st Edition

Habits of Mind Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education

Edited By William Allen Copyright 2003
249 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

249 Pages
by Routledge

Habits of Mind maintains that the fact that almost everyone now goes to college need not be seen as an obstacle to excellence in education. Some critics have insisted that college is not for everyone, but William B. Allen and Carol Allen assert that the college diploma has rightly become as much the norm in this century as the high school diploma was during the twentieth century. Accordingly, it... Read more
Acknowledgements, Foreword, Introduction: The Multiversity at a Millennial Crossroads, 1. An Idea of the University, 2. Excellence in Judgment, 3. Access to Higher Education, 4. Evaluating Higher Education: Waiting for Change, 5. Managing Higher Education: Lessons from Virginia, 6. Epilogue: The Rhetoric of Higher Education, Bibliography, Index

Biography

William Allen