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Creating community on college campuses

Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr. and Virginia V. Thorndike

(SUNY series frontiers in education)

State University of New York Press, c1992

  • : alk. paper
  • : pbk. alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-224) and index

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Description

Creating Community on College Campuses addresses the most critical and difficult issues facing higher education in the 1990s: improving the quality of teaching and learning, raising academic standards, protecting freedom of expression, and simultaneously enhancing community of the whole and community of the parts. This book offers an understanding of community as a complex concept, one that incorporates the values of a democratic society and encourages learning and participation by all citizens of the campus, and discusses topics such as race and ethnicity, the climate for women, harassment and free speech, alcohol, crime, Greek life, and interaction among faculty and students. The authors conclude with concrete recommendations to support the implementation of pluralistic learning communities on our nation's campuses.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ernest Boyer Preface Acknowledgments Part I. INTRODUCTION 1. Overview 2. Campus Life in Perspective: Historical Snapshots Part II. DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY: CAN THEY COEXIST? Introduction 3. Race and Ethnicity 4. The Climate for Women Part III. THE BOUNDARIES OF AUTHORITY: REGULATING AND EDUCATING FOR COMMUNITY Introductions 5. Alcohol Abuse 6. The Greeks 7. Harassment and Free Speech 8. Crime 9. Enforcement Part IV. THE LEARNING COMMUNITY: PROMISES TO KEEP Introduction 10. Student Priorities and Opportunities 11. Faculty Priorities and Opportunities Part V. COMMUNITY, COMPLEXITY, DIVERSITY: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS Introduction 12. When We Touch Common Ground 13. Compact for a Pluralistic Community 14. Recommendations for Community in Action Notes Bibliography Index

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