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Overview
"Allan tackles the malaise of higher education and offers a surprising diagnosis. In an open, accessible, even conversational style, he lays bare an ancient though thoroughly relevant view of the essence of higher education. The ideal he presents is shimmeringly clear and permanently attractive. His book is likely to create a stir and to refocus the debate about the purpose of higher education."—John Lachs, author of The Relevance of Philosophy to Life"Allan is a well-published and senior philosopher, experienced in educating, and a puckish prose writer. This book, head-and-shoulders above the typical academic administrator's writing, sets new standards."—D. Bob Gowin, author of Learning How to Learn
Author Biography: George Allan is professor of philosophy and former academic dean at Dickinson College. He is the author of The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition and The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis.