What universities can be : a new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership / Robert J. Sternberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Three traditions of higher education in relation to democracy -- Mission of the ACCEL university -- The skills ACCEL universities should develop -- Diversity in the ACCEL institution -- Admissions in ACCEL universities -- Financial aid and college costs -- Teaching and learning in ACCEL universities -- Assessing student learning -- Retention and graduation -- The role of athletics in the ACCEL university -- Assessing faculty in the ACCEL university -- Governance in ACCEL universities -- Marketing higher education in ACCEL universities -- It's not only students that need to learn : a model of institutional change for assessing universities as learning organizations -- Transforming a university into an ACCEL university : what one can do right now.

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In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders. One of the greatest problems in our society is a lack of leaders who understand the importance of behaving in ethical ways for the common good of all. At a time when new models of education are sorely needed, universities have the opportunity to claim the education of future leaders as their mission. In the course of laying out the ACCEL concept and how such a model might be achieved, Sternberg offers many insights into the realities of higher education as it is practiced today and suggests ways that we could move in a better direction, one that would produce graduates who make the world a better place in which to live. Sternberg's compelling narrative and convincing argument address all aspects of universities, such as admissions, financial aid, instruction and assessment, retention and graduation, student life, diversity, finances, athletics, governance, and marketing. This book is essential reading for educators and laypeople who are interested in learning how our universities work and how they could work better.

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