The Mind On Edge: An Introduction to John Jay Chapman's Philosophy of Higher Education - Softcover

Contreras, Alan L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989384802 ISBN 13: 9780989384803

Publisher: CraneDance Publications, 2013

Synopsis

John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) was one of America's greatest essayists. He wrote a number of essays about what colleges ought to be and what they should not be. This book includes five of those essays, including two not available in the Collected Works of Chapman. Alan Contreras, a noted expert on U.S. colleges, provides an introduction to Chapman's philosophy of higher education.

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About the Author

Alan Contreras is a graduate of the University of Oregon and its law school. His writing has appeared in the Stanford Law and Policy Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education and many other venues. He served as co-editor of Birds of Oregon (Oregon State University Press, 2003). OSU Press recently published Afield (2009), his memoir about the experience of watching birds for 40 years. OSU also issued Handbook of Oregon Birds (2009, with Hendrik Herlyn) and Northwest Birds in Winter (1996). Recent books include College and State: Resources and Philosophies, Song After All: Letters of Reginald Shepherd and Alan Contreras and The Mind on Edge: An Introduction to John Jay Chapman’s Philosophy of Higher Education. He has also published poetry and reviews in several venues. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Edition details

• Publisher: CraneDance Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989384802
• ISBN 13: 9780989384803
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 110