What universities can be : a new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership /

Sternberg, Robert J. 1949-

What universities can be : a new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership / Robert J. Sternberg - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016 - xiii, 287 páginas ; 24 cm

Three traditions of higher education in relation to democracy --
Mission of the ACCEL university --
The skills ACCEL universities should develop --
Diversity in the ACCEL institution --
Admissions in ACCEL universities --
Financial aid and college costs --
Teaching and learning in ACCEL universities --
Assessing student learning --
Retention and graduation --
The role of athletics in the ACCEL university --
Assessing faculty in the ACCEL university --
Governance in ACCEL universities --
Marketing higher education in ACCEL universities --
It's not only students that need to learn : a model of institutional change for assessing universities as learning organizations --
Transforming a university into an ACCEL university : what one can do right now.

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.

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Educación superior --Fines y objetivos --Estados Unidos
Educación superior--Aspectos sociales--Estados Unidos
Educación superior --Aspectos morales --Estados Unidos
Universidades --Estados Unidos

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