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Strengths Hidden In Plain Sight, Edward L. Ayers Jan 2016

Strengths Hidden In Plain Sight, Edward L. Ayers

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I knew from teaching that the lifeblood of education travels through capillaries, small vessels that reach into small classrooms, quiet conversations, silent reading. But when I became dean, I saw that those capillaries flow only because of the arteries and veins of admissions, finance, student affairs, and advancement. People far removed from the classroom make it possible for other people to be teachers and students.


Professionalization In Comparative Perspective: Germany, Mcclelland Jan 1990

Professionalization In Comparative Perspective: Germany, Mcclelland

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critical social-history consciousness has abandoned to some degree the old notion that modern "professions" in the Anglo-Saxon sense could not "really" exist in Central Europe because of the heavy and early bureaucratization and/or the persistence of "feudal" or at least Stand (etat) traditions. Instead, most accept the notion of a process of dialogue between independent professions and bureaucratic authority.