The Calling of Education: "The Academic Ethic" and Other Essays on Higher Education

by Edward Shils

Book Overview

Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. The first essay, "The Academic Ethic," articulates the unique ethical demands of the academic profession and directs special attention to the integration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226753395
• ISBN13: 9780226753393
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"