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"This book is from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's three-year effort developed in response to concerns about the failures of business education to prepare undergraduates for their responsibilities in society, including in their business practice. Business leaders stress the importance of liberal learning but most liberal arts courses are not well-integrated with the business curriculum. This important resource reports on examples of how the two can be integrated and offers solid recommendations for improvement. The authors also address the value of some perspectives that business can offer to the liberal arts"--

This book reports the results of a study of educational practices at the college level that prepare students for high quality democratic participation. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data from this study, the book articulates the most important goals of education for democratic participation, as they play out in practice, and provides rich accounts of key educational strategies that can be used to accomplish these goals. It also offers a theoretical statement of the importance, legitimacy, and feasibility of educating for democratic participation as well as a practical handbook, providing clear guidance to faculty and administrators wishing to help their students gain the understanding, skills, and motivation they need to be fully engaged in political life, broadly defined

Reports on how some American colleges and universities are preparing thoughtful, committed, and socially responsible graduates. Many institutions assert these ambitions, but too few act on them. The authors demonstrate the fundamental importance of moral and civic education, describe how the historical and contemporary landscapes of higher education have shaped it, and explain the educational and developmental goals and processes involved in educating citizens. They examine the challenges colleges and universities face when they dedicate themselves to this vital task and present concrete ways to overcome those challenges

Abstract
This article describes the use of the case study method for the investigation of exceptional moral commitment. William Damon and I used the case study method in this research because we were interested in sustained, long-term moral commitment and in the transformation of moral goals over time within the context of life histories, social relationships, and other influences. The study yielded in-depth life history interviews with 23 people who were selected for having worked for many years to address such issues as civil rights, poverty, and peace. Case material was used to illustrate and flesh out a theoretical account of a developmental process called the transformation of goals through social influence. The use of 23 diverse cases also allowed us to identify common characteristics that cut across the interviews. The three main themes that emerged from the case material were certainty, positivity, and unity of self and moral goals. (Psychology; Human Development; Case Study)

Offers a general overview of longitudinal research in the US across the 20th century & introduces the 14 "landmark" studies selected for this volume. The unique quality of longitudinal studies extending over several decades is discussed, noting the importance of placing them in their historical, social, cultural, scientific, & intellectual contexts. Contributors discuss what they learned over the course of their research & contemplate the long-term effects of their studies on both themselves as researchers & on their subjects; public & policy impacts are also assessed. Theoretical & methodological developments in the field of longitudinal research are explored, along with ways that these have changed both data collection & analysis. 4 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Longitudinal studies and life-course research: innovations, investigators, and policy ideas / Janet Zollinger Giele -- How it takes thirty years to do a study / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. -- Looking backward: post hoc reflections on longitudinal surveys / Frank L. Mott -- Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck's unraveling juvenile delinquency study: the lives of 1,000 Boston men in the twentieth century / John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson -- The study of adult development / George E. Vaillant -- The PSID and me / Greg J. Duncan -- Baltimore beginning school study in perspective / Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson -- Historical times and lives: a journey through time and space / Glen H. Elder, Jr. -- Phenomenological perspectives on natural history research: the longitudinal Harlem adolescent cohort study / Ann F. Brunswick -- The origin and development of preschool intervention projects / David P. Weikart -- Plotting developmental pathways: methods, measures, models, and madness / Robert B. Cairns and Beverley D. Cairns -- Looking for trouble in paradise: some lessons learned from the Kauai longitudinal study / Emmy E. Werner -- Intergenerational panel study of parents and children / Arland Thronton, Ronald Freedman and William G. Axinn -- Generativity, identity, and the proclamation of landmarks / John Modell.