The Collegiate Way University Education in a Collegiate Context /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Evans, H. M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Burt, T. P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.
• Σειρά: Contexts of Education
• Θέματα: Education.; Education, general.

A college is, at its heart, an association or community of people having a common purpose: in the University context this common purpose is the pursuit of scholarship, at the core of the richest possible development of the whole person. The point of this book is to share experiences of college life,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• Introduction
• Part I: Collegiate Vision and the Challenges of Establishing Colleges
• On the Future of the Collegiate Way
• Singapore’s Collegiate Model: Combining Teaching, Research and Residency
• Establishing Residential Colleges at the University of the Free State: Nourishing Student Development in an African Context
• Establishing Residential Colleges in Diverse Cultures
• Disruptive Innovators? Colleges on the Cusp of the World’s Largest Metropolitan Area
• Constructing a Collegiate Compass: Navigating Change in the Culturally-Constructed Collegiate University
• Building Characters, Sharpening Minds: The Values and Virtues of the Collegiate Way
• Part II: The Support of Learning and the Student Experience
• The Varied and Vital Roles of Faculty in Residential College Life
• The College System as a Culture of Care
• Dropping to the Universals
• Elevating the Student Experience: The Importance of College Architecture
• When Does Help Hinder? The Benefits and Risks of Collegiate Support
• Colleges and the Development of Personal Epistemologies
• Epilogue
• List of Contributors
• Index.