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The calling of education : the academic ethic and other essays on higher education / Edward Shils ; edited and with an introduction by Steven Grosby ; foreword by Joseph Epstein.
LIBRA LB2325 .S439 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shils, Edward, 1910-1995.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Philosophy.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- College teachers--Professional ethics.
- College teachers.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Administration.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 294 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils (1910-1995) brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. THE CALLING OF EDUCATION features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last 25 years of his life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226753387
- 0226753395
- OCLC:
- 36798076
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