Full Description
We believe the world needs more care. This volume seeks to describe theoretical, empirical, and phenomenological evidence toward creating a higher education environment that values excellence in its teaching, research, and service while at the same time ensuring that those involved in these endeavors are cared for. The primary purpose is to provide a state-of-the-art synthesis of the delicate balance between striving for excellence in higher education while at the same time exhibiting an ethic of care for all stakeholders involved. The second purpose is to honor the work and legacy of Jeffrey W. Cornett who embodied this balance during his long and successful career in higher education. Upon Dr. Cornett's retirement, it is fitting to visit balance between care and excellence as multiple tensions push and pull on higher education - from innovative ideas, changing funding structures, and the corporatization of higher education. This volume will serve to inform all those invested in faculty development, student learning and administration in higher education from educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers - with the most up-to-date understandings of how we can simultaneously strive for excellence in higher education and simultaneously ensure that those around us in this shared space are cared for.
Contributors are: Carolyne Ali-Khan, Richard Chant, Jeffrey W. Cornett, Daniel L. Dinsmore, Jerry Johnson, Dilek Kayaalp, Wanda Lastrapes, Madalina Tanase, Hope (Bess) E. Wilson and Brian Zoellner.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 A Small Festschrift in a Big World
Carolyne Ali-Khan and Daniel Dinsmore
2 Frameworks for Balancing Care and Excellence in Higher Education
Daniel Dinsmore and Carolyne Ali-Khan
3 A Civics-Oriented Perspective on Care and Excellence
Richard H. Chant
4 Servant Leadership as a Model for Care and Excellence in Higher Education Leadership
Jerry Johnson
5 Creating Environments for Care and Excellence to Flourish
Madalina Tanase and Hope E. Wilson
6 Ensuring Equity in the Care and Excellence Equation
Dilek Kayaalp and Wanda Lastrapes
7 Being Good for Something: The Intersection of Care and Critical Theories
Carolyne Ali-Khan and Hope E. Wilson
8 The Philosophical Roots of Care and Excellence in Teacher Education
Brian P. Zoellner
9 Care and Excellence: A Retrospect of My Seventy-Year Journey
Jeffrey W. Cornett
Index
