Shapiro, Harold T., 1935-

A larger sense of purpose : higher education and society : non nobis solum / Harold T. Shapiro. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005. - xvi, 183 p. ; 24 cm.

"The 2003 Clark Kerr lectures."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The university and society -- The transformation of the Antebellum College From right thinking to liberal learning -- Liberal education, liberal democracy, and the soul of the university -- Some ethical dimensions of scientific progress.

0691123632 (cloth : alk. paper)

2005043381


Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--History.--United States

LC 191.94 / S529l 2005

306.43/2