Leadership and the Liberal Arts : Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education

A collection of essays by presidents of prominent liberal arts colleges and leading intellectuals who reflect on the meaning of educating individuals for leadership and how it can be accomplished in ways consistent with the missions of liberal arts institutions. A collection of essays by presidents of prominent liberal arts colleges and leading intellectuals who reflect on the meaning of educating individuals for leadership and how it can be accomplished in ways consistent with the missions of liberal arts institutions. Edited by faculty from the Jepson School for Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, the Jepson Studies in Leadership series will reflect the school's broad-based, liberal arts approach to the study of leadership. The Jepson School has faculty representatives from the disciplines of English literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, public administration, religious studies, and organizational leadership. No other school or program is better situated to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on this important topic Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Reinventing the Liberal Arts through Leadership....Pages 13-36 The Liberal Arts and Leadership Learning....Pages 37-53 Can Study of the Liberal Arts Prepare Both Effective Leaders and Productive Citizens?....Pages 55-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 General Education as the Nexus between the Liberal Arts and Leadership Studies....Pages 67-80 Learning Leadership Discipline by Discipline: Cultivating Metaphors for Leadership through the Study of the Liberal Arts....Pages 81-96 Liberal Education, Leadership, and Values....Pages 97-116 Leadership and the Humanities....Pages 117-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Using Thick Intellectual History to Teach Leadership: Implications of the Carlyle-Mill Exchange....Pages 129-144 Leadership, Liberal Arts, and the Cultivation of Democratic Citizenship....Pages 145-162 Forever Becoming Leader....Pages 163-175 Leadership Is the Practice of the Liberal Arts....Pages 177-201 Assessing the Impact of Liberal Arts-based Leadership Education....Pages 203-212 Conclusion....Pages 213-216 Back Matter....Pages 217-229