No Neutral Ground Standing By the Values We

No Neutral Ground will provoke some and bring praise from others. Written with passion and a personal sense of mission, this book offers something to everyone who cares about institutional values and ethical standards. ?Richard T. Ingram, president, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges A provocative book that explores seven timeless values of higher education?service, truth, freedom, equality, individuation, justice, and community?and shows how higher education administrators, faculty, and trustees can incorporate these values into their own practice and transmit them to students and the community at large.

ROBERT B. YOUNG is professor of education and coordinator of educational leadership at Ohio University.

1. Who Are We? Finding Our Identity in Values

Part One: Values We Prize

2. Service: The Value of Altruism

3. Truth: Not an End in Itself

4. Freedom: Choice with Responsibility

5. Equality: Ensuring a Fair Start for All

6. Individuation: Human Dignity Growing

7. Justice: Balancing Freedom with Duty

8. Community: Mutual Empowerment

9. How the Values Promote Scholarship and Democracy

Part Two: Challenges to Our Values

10. Capitalism: The Challenges of the Material

11. Spirituality: The Challenges of Ultimate Meaning

12. Aesthetics: The Challenges Linking of Emotion with Intellect

13. Relating the Values to Changing Times

Part Three: Advancing the Values We Prize

14. Building an Identity Based on Values

15. Using Values with Integrity

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No Neutral Ground Standing By the Values We Prize in Higher Education

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