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Invited presentation about University Studies at the 1999 meeting of the Association for Higher Education: "The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. (William James) . . . . The twenty-five year history of the University of Tennessee's University Studies Program illustrates . . . "
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"Those who do not participate spontaneously are drawn out by others in the group. The discussion is intense, both emotionally and intellectually . . . The predominant tone is that of a group of good friends enjoying being with each other and relishing their mutual exploration of ideas. This is a typical "Case Studies" class in UTK's University Learning Community."
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"In the process of institutionalizing and disciplining major human impulses, means and ends are often muddled. The methods most efficient for different endeavors are often profoundly different, some strictly empirical, some integrative, others reductionist. The goals, on the other hand, of fields so seemingly dissimilar as art and science, are found to be more strikingly similar the deeper one digs."
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"Medical ethics, legal ethics, business ethics, all have sparked courses and programs of intense study; however, "academic ethics," attention to the values that shape the academy and the interactions of individuals with others within and without the academy, has not, with rare exceptions, established itself."
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"Most of us would probably draw a sharp line between poetry and practical problem solving. Fortunately--or perhaps unfortunately--the history of creative human thinking offers a quite different view . . . "
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" . . . there are philosophical and methodological differences among various disciplines that make a difference in the ways disciplines are thought about and, more importantly for present purposes, how they are taught."
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"Though I might wish otherwise, I am not particularly optimistic about the prospect of American Higher Education rededicating its energies and brilliance to the improvement of the quality of human life. . . "
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