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ERIC Number: EJ619982
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Soka U. Tries To Reinvent College.
Pulley, John L.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v47 n19 pA26-28 Jan 2001
Describes the development and structure of Soka University of America, located near Laguna Beach, California. Planners' vision for the university is a humanistic, democratic, non-hierarchical institution infused with Buddhist values. Unusual elements include no tenure or advancement in rank and no separate administrative building. (EV)
Descriptors: Buddhism, College Planning, Democratic Values, Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Horizontal Organization, Participative Decision Making
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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