Higher education and democratic culture
Subtitle: citizenship, human rights, & civic responsibility
By: Josef Huber and Ira Harkavy, editors
Contributors: Council of Europe
Series: Council of Europe higher education series -- no. 8
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9789287162748
Subjects: Civics; Study and teaching; Democracy; Democracy and education; Humanistic Education; Higher Education
Description: This book is the result of a higher education forum held in June 2006 on the responsibility of higher education for citizenship, human rights and sustainability. The responsibility of public authorities for a high-quality higher education system must go hand in hand with the responsibility of higher education institutions towards the advancement of society.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Setting the scene. The political context and message; title: The role of higher education for sustainable democratic culture; title: pt. 2. Key aspects of responsibility. Fostering the culture of democracy; title: Promoting human rights and democratic citizenship; title: Building sustainable democratic communities; title: pt. 3; A call for action; title: Declaration. The responsibility of higher education for a democratic culture : citizenship, human rights and sustainability.