Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose

by William M. Sullivan

Book Overview

In a remarkable experiment lasting over a decade, a group of 88 independent campuses, ranging from comprehensive universities to intimate colleges, have demonstrated the value of an emerging educational agenda focused on meaning and purpose. These programs have shown that college can provide emerging adults with an understanding of themselves within today's insecure and highly competitive world that enhances their ability to develop the "grit" needed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190499249
• ISBN13: 9780190499242
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"