Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education (Jepson Studies in Leadership)

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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Figures and Tables......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Part I: The Link between Liberal Learning and Leadership......Page 28 One: Reinventing the Liberal Arts through Leadership......Page 30 Two: The Liberal Arts and Leadership Learning......Page 54 Three: Can Study of the Liberal Arts Prepare Both Effective Leaders and Productive Citizens?......Page 72 Part II: Integrating Leadership into the Liberal Arts and Sciences......Page 82 Four: General Education as the Nexus between the Liberal Arts and Leadership Studies......Page 84 Five: Learning Leadership Discipline by Discipline: Cultivating Metaphors for Leadership through the Study of the Liberal Arts......Page 98 Six: Liberal Education, Leadership, and Values......Page 114 Seven: Leadership and the Humanities......Page 134 Part III: Implementing the Study of Leadership in the Liberal Arts......Page 144 Eight: Using Thick Intellectual History to Teach Leadership: Implications of the Carlyle-Mill Exchange......Page 146 Nine: Leadership, Liberal Arts, and the Cultivation of Democratic Citizenship......Page 162 Ten: Forever Becoming Leader......Page 180 Eleven: Leadership Is the Practice of the Liberal Arts......Page 194 Twelve: Assessing the Impact of Liberal Arts-based Leadership Education......Page 220 Conclusion: Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Moving Forward......Page 230 List of Contributors......Page 234 C......Page 240 F......Page 241 J......Page 242 L......Page 243 P......Page 244 U......Page 245 Z......Page 246 Reinventing the liberal arts through leadership / J. Thomas Wren The liberal arts and leadership learning / Thomas E. Cronin Can study of the liberal arts prepare both effective leaders and productive citizens? / Richard Ekman General education as the nexus between the liberal arts and leadership studies / Gama Perruci Learning leadership discipline by discipline : cultivating metaphors for leadership through the study of the liberal arts / Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Liberal education, leadership, and values / Richard L. Morrill Leadership and the humanities / Jean Bethke Elshtain Using thick intellectual history to teach leadership : implications of the Carlyle-Mill exchange / Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy Leadership, liberal arts, and the cultivation of democratic citizenship / Michael A. Genovese Forever becoming leader / John A. Roush Leadership is the practice of the liberal arts / James Maroosis Assessing the impact of liberal arts-based leadership education / Ronald L. Riggio Conclusion : Leadership and the liberal arts : moving forward / J. Thomas Wren, Ronald E. Riggio, and Michael A. Genovese. This book addresses a challenge at the heart of a liberal education: reconciling the goal of liberal arts institutions to prepare their students for leadership with the reality that "leadership" is rarely defined or overtly addressed. At the same time, these goals are being undercut by the growing reality of professionalization in undergraduate studies and the increasing focus on specialization within faculties. In Leadership and the Liberal Arts, presidents, administrators, leading intellectuals, and faculty 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