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1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils 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 twenty-five years of his life. The first essay, "The Academic Ethic," articulates the unique ethical demands of the academic profession and directs special attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces, including Shils's renowned Jefferson lectures, focus on perennial issues in higher learning: the meanin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Education, Higher -- Philosophy.
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Education, Higher -- Philosophy. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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College teachers -- Professional ethics.
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College teachers -- Professional ethics. |
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College teachers. |
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shils, Edward, 1910-1995. Calling of education. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1997 0226753387 (DLC) 97018654 (OCoLC)36798076 |
| ISBN |
0226753409 (electronic book) |
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9780226753409 (electronic book) |
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9780226753393 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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0226753395 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226753386 |
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0226753387 |
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0226753387 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226753395 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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