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Ryan Kelty

Risk-Taking in Higher Education

The Importance of Negotiating Intellectual Challenge in the College Classroom

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Risk-taking is foundational to the structure and goals of higher education. Encouraging students to consider new, diverse, even uncomfortable ideas is needed to develop a critically informed view of the world and establish one's own values and beliefs. Yet, students and parents are increasingly averse to risk-taking in higher education; a shift evidenced by calls for colleges and universities to provide an education that shelters students from diverse and potentially controversial ideas and topics. This tension over the necessary role of risk-taking in higher education represents a critical moment for American education.This volume includes… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Bunten, Bridget A.
  • ISBN: 978-1-4758-3249-5
  • EAN: 9781475832495
  • Produktnummer: 22126898
  • Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 190 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 284 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 284

Über den Autor


Ryan Kelty is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Washington College. Prior to that, he served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership at the United States Military Academy, and was an Instructor and Research Associate at the Center for Research on Military Organization at the University of Maryland.

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