Shils, Edward,  1910-1995. <br/><br/>
The calling of education :  the academic ethic and other essays on higher education / 
Edward Shils ; edited and with an introduction by Steven Grosby ; foreword by Joseph Epstein. 
 - Chicago, Ill. :  University of Chicago Press,  �1997. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 of teaching and research. Other pieces, including Shils's renowned Jefferson lectures, focus on perennial issues in higher learning: the meanin. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226753409 9780226753409 9780226753393 0226753395 9780226753386 0226753387 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education, Higher--Philosophy.<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.<br/>College teachers--Professional ethics.<br/>Universities and colleges--Administration.--United States<br/>Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.<br/>EDUCATION--Higher.<br/>College teachers--Professional ethics.<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.<br/>Education, Higher--Philosophy.<br/>Education, Higher--Social aspects.<br/>Universities and colleges--Administration.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2325  / .S439 1997eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378/.01