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2011 CALL
FOR PAPERS
THE IDEA
OF A UNIVERSITY:
FROM JOHN
HENRY
NEWMAN
TO THE MULTIVERSITY AND BEYOND
Science, technology,
trade, and communications now drive all aspects of life in the global village,
including higher education. There is increasing recognition of a crisis in the
very conception of the role of a university. Should a university focus on
training technical specialists for a high-tech global economy or emphasize a
broad liberal arts curriculum? Critics point to the fragmentation of knowledge,
the lack of a unifying center, and the fast pace of scientific and technological
change which requires continuous upgrade of skills, leaving no room for the
integration of knowledge or the education of the whole person. Yet,
globalization presupposes a better knowledge of different cultures,
socio-economic and political systems, and an understanding of the motivations,
nature, and purposes of human beings. The classical Greek paideia
encompassed the education of body, mind, and soul, reflected in John Henry
Newman's iconic The Idea of a University. Can Newman's ideal of the
integration of all disciplines into a "wholeness of vision" and a "true
enlargement of the mind" inspire the rediscovery of the proper role of a university
of educating the whole person? Should a university foster greater intellectual
diversity, cultural discernment, and character education for self-fulfillment
and a more felicitous social life by renewing the dialogue between Athens
(Enlightenment reason) and Jerusalem (religious faith)?
Manuscript Deadline:
January
1, 2011. Send
3 both-sided copies of: 15-25 page mss., each with a 150-word Abstract, typed, double-spaced, in-text
citation format, author identification on a separate sheet (with postage for mss.
return/SASE) to: Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, IIR, 1065 Pine Bluff Dr., Pasadena,
CA 91107, USA. Early mss.
submissions recommended.
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