No Neutral Ground will provoke some and bring praise from others. Written with passion and a personal sense of mission, this book offers something to everyone who cares about institutional values and ethical standards.
?Richard T. Ingram, president, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
A provocative book that explores seven timeless values of higher education?service, truth, freedom, equality, individuation, justice, and community?and shows how higher education administrators, faculty, and trustees can incorporate these values into their own practice and transmit them to students and the community at large.1. Who Are We? Finding Our Identity in Values Part One: Values We Prize 2. Service: The Value of Altruism 3. Truth: Not an End in Itself 4. Freedom: Choice with Responsibility 5. Equality: Ensuring a Fair Start for All 6. Individuation: Human Dignity Growing 7. Justice: Balancing Freedom with Duty 8. Community: Mutual Empowerment 9. How the Values Promote Scholarship and Democracy Part Two: Challenges to Our Values 10. Capitalism: The Challenges of the Material 11. Spirituality: The Challenges of Ultimate Meaning 12. Aesthetics: The Challenges Linking of Emotion with Intellect 13. Relating the Values to Changing Times Part Three: Advancing the Values We Prize 14. Building an Identity Based on Values 15. Using Values with Integrity Everyone interested in education will applaud Young for calling the academy to recognize the reasons for its existence.... This book is highly recommAnded, not only for those who work in the academy, but also for those who are eager that the academy stand by and exalt the values prized in higher education.
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