TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shils,Edward
TI  - The calling of education: the academic ethic and other essays on higher education 
SN  - 0226753409
AV  - LB2325 .S439 1997eb
U1  - 378/.01 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - College teachers
KW  - Professional ethics
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Administration
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Higher
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
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