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Colby, Anne; Ehrlich, Thomas; Sullivan, William M.; Dolle, Jonathan R. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national and global well-being, makes quality education critical not only for the students themselves but also for the public good. The Carnegie Foundation for the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Study, Educational Quality, Global Approach
Bacchetti, Ray; Ehrlich, Thomas – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2006
The writers call for foundations and educational institutions to build their programs around the goal of increasing educational capital through more open and accountable forms of education grant-making and educational activity. Recognizing that education needs philanthropic foundations to enliven imagination, spur improvements and test solutions;…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Organizational Objectives
Colby, Anne; Beaumont, Elizabeth; Ehrlich, Thomas; Corngold, Josh – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2007
This paper, highlights the forthcoming book "Educating for Democracy." The book articulates the conditions under which political teaching and learning in college is and is not legitimate, making the case that education for political development can and should be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the core values of higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizenship Education, Teaching Skills, Undergraduate Study
Colby, Anne; Ehrlich, Thomas – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2003
The authors discuss the responsibility of colleges and universities to make moral and civic learning an integral part of the undergraduate experience. Citing Judge Learned Hand's 1944 comment that "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Freedom, Democracy, Integrity
Packer, Herbert L.; Ehrlich, Thomas – 1972
The authors build a case for a broader-based legal education that would give special emphasis to the humanities and the social sciences as these fields bear on the study of law. Their major recommendation for the future of legal education can be summed up in one word: diversity. The new kind of legal education they propose would orient itself to…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Law Schools, Lawyers
Colby, Anne; Ehrlich, Thomas; Beaumont, Elizabeth; Stephens, Jason – 2003
This book provides concrete advice on how campuses can meet the challenges of educating thoughtful, committed, and socially responsible college graduates. The chapters are: (1) "Educating Citizens in a Pluralistic Society"; (2) "The Broader Undergraduate Context"; (3) "When Educating Citizens Is a Priority"; (4) "The Multiple Dimensions of Moral…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Higher Education, Moral Development