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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1018225
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-3667
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Educating the Public in the Spirit of the Land-Grant University
Flanagan, Connie; Faust, Victoria; Pykett, Alisa
Journal of General Education, v62 n4 p247-257 2013
In this essay we argue for a model of undergraduate education consistent with the mission of the land-grant university in democracy. That model seeks the seamless integration of a liberal education with practice both within the university and beyond its physical borders.
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Institutional Mission, Educational Practices, College Role, Democratic Values, Undergraduate Study, Civil Rights, Perspective Taking, Values Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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