What Universities Can Be: A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership

Robert J. Sternberg

Published by Cornell University Press 2016

What Universities Can Be

A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership

Robert J. Sternberg

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501706318

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In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders. One of the greatest problems in our society is a lack of leaders who understand the importance of behaving in ethical ways for the common good of all. At a time when new models of education are sorely needed, universities have the opportunity to claim the education of future leaders as their mission.In the course of laying out the ACCEL concept and how such a model might be achieved, Sternberg offers many insights into the realities of higher education as it is practiced today and suggests ways that we could move in a better direction, one that would produce graduates who make the world a better place in which to live. Sternberg's compelling narrative and convincing argument address all aspects of universities, such as admissions, financial aid, instruction and assessment, retention and graduation, student life, diversity, finances, athletics, governance, and marketing. This book is essential reading for educators and laypeople who are interested in learning how our universities work and how they could work better.

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SternbergRobert J.:

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University. He is the author of College Admissions for the 21st Century. He holds thirteen honorary doctorates. Before moving to Cornell, Sternberg was President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming; Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of Psychology and Education, and George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair of Ethical Leadership at Oklahoma State University; Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Education at Tufts University; and IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Professor of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale University. He is a past president of the American Psychological Association, the Eastern Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, and is currently editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science. He previously was treasurer and board member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Reviews

George D. Kuh, Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, University of Illinois:

"Robert J. Sternberg draws on his exceptional scholarship and years in the administrative trenches to craft some nuggets of practical wisdom about what colleges and universities need to do to realize their espoused aspirations."

Ed Ray, President, Oregon State University:

"What Universities Can Be by Robert J. Sternberg makes a compelling argument that standardized tests, admission standards, and much of college instruction administration and governance are well aligned and completely irrelevant for preparing young people to be creative participants in the workforce, who are appropriately engaged in civil discourse and service to others, and are capable of being the ethical leaders we need for the future. He explains how we could realign all of those elements in appropriate ways, and he provides clear and thoughtful insights into why the world of higher education looks the way it does."

Pamela Fry, Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Undergraduate Education, Oklahoma State University:

"In What Universities Can Be, Robert J. Sternberg contributes notably to the higher education field by establishing a model to guide the evolution of the modern university. Sternberg's conversational style is interesting and highly readable."

Howard Earl Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Twenty-first Century:

"What if we valued institutions of higher education for fostering good citizens and ethical leaders? Robert J. Sternberg, one of our most thoughtful psychologists, reflects intriguingly on this possibility."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. A New Future for Universities
1. Three Traditions of Higher Education in Relation to Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. The Mission of the ACCEL University Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. The Skills ACCEL Universities Should Develop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Part II. Who Gets In and Who Is Able to Go?
5. Admissions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6. Financial Aid and College Costs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Part III. Student Learning and Life
7. Teaching and Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. Assessing Student Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
9. Retention and Graduation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
10. The Role of Athletics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Part IV. Structural Issues
11. Assessing Faculty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
12. Governance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
13. Marketing Higher Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
14. It’s Not Only Students Who Need to Learn A Model of Institutional Change for Assessing Universities as Learning Organizations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Part V. Putting Theory into Practice
15. Transforming a University into an ACCEL University What One Can Do Right Now Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 1
- Other: 1 table
Keywords: Philosophy & Religion

eBook

Published: July 8, 2016
ISBN: 9781501706318