Author: Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
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Author: Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
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Pages : 0

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Author: Michael S. Roth
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300206550
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Contentious debates over the benefits—or drawbacks—of a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitism—often calling for more vocational instruction. Thomas Jefferson, by contrast, believed that nurturing a student’s capacity for lifelong learning was useful for science and commerce while also being essential for democracy. In this provocative contribution to the disputes, university president Michael S. Roth focuses on important moments and seminal thinkers in America’s long-running argument over vocational vs. liberal education. Conflicting streams of thought flow through American intellectual history: W. E. B. DuBois’s humanistic principles of pedagogy for newly emancipated slaves developed in opposition to Booker T. Washington’s educational utilitarianism, for example. Jane Addams’s emphasis on the cultivation of empathy and John Dewey’s calls for education as civic engagement were rejected as impractical by those who aimed to train students for particular economic tasks. Roth explores these arguments (and more), considers the state of higher education today, and concludes with a stirring plea for the kind of education that has, since the founding of the nation, cultivated individual freedom, promulgated civic virtue, and instilled hope for the future.

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Languages : en
Pages : 848

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Author: Frank Walter 1864 Nicolson
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ISBN: 9781360192857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1008

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Author: Frank W. Nicolson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260472342
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1066

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Excerpt from Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1921 Degrees. All degrees are from Wesleyan University, unless other wise stated, except that in a few cases, for lack of information, MD. Is printed without indication of the college from which it was received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: David B. Potts
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819563606
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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A lively narrative connecting Wesleyan University's early history to economic, religious, urban, and educational developments in 19th-century America.

Author: Jeff Galloway
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Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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An approach to running describing how to prepare for races and to avoid stress -related injuries and to help the runner get started comfortably and with confidence.

Author: Princeton University. Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1248

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