{"product_id":"undeclared-chris-higgins-9780262547499","title":"Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn imaginative tour of the contemporary university as it could be: a place to discover self-knowledge, meaning, and purpose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if college were not just a means of acquiring credentials, but a place to pursue our formation as whole persons striving to lead lives of meaning and purpose? In \u003ci\u003eUndeclared\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Higgins confronts the contemporary university in a bid to reclaim a formative mission for higher education. In a series of searching essays and pointed interludes, Higgins challenges us to acknowledge how far our practices have drifted from our ideals, asking: What would it look like to build a college from the ground up to support self-discovery and personal integration? What does it mean to be a public university, and are there any left? How can the humanities help the job-ified university begin to take vocation seriously? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCutting through the underbrush of received ideas, Higgins follows the insight where it leads, clearing a path from the corporate multiversity to the renaissance in higher education that was Black Mountain College and back again. Along the way, we tour a campus bent on becoming a shopping mall, accompany John Dewey through a midlife crisis, and witness the first \"happening.\" Through diverse and grounded philosophical engagements, \u003ci\u003eUndeclared\u003c\/i\u003e assembles the resources to expand the contemporary educational imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Higgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026254749X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262547499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Chris Higgins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45934071251199,"sku":"9780262547499","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_559dc5e1-ea2b-481e-9ed9-918b4e4e6670.jpg?v=1721790277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/undeclared-chris-higgins-9780262547499","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}