New Agenda for Higher Education

THE AUTHORS WILLIAM M. SULLIVAN is codirector of the Carnegie Foundation’s Preparation for the Professions Program. He is the author of Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America and coauthor of Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law and Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. MATTHEW S. ROSIN is author of Obsoleting Culture and was formerly a research scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is currently a senior research associate at EdSource, an independent and impartial educational policy research agency that clarifies K–12 policy issues in California.

• Foreword viiLee S. Shulman and Gary D. FenstermacherPreface xvAcknowledgments xxviiAbout the Authors xxixIntroduction 11. Partners in the Field: Part One 25Elliot N. Dorff, Arthur S. Elstein, and Barbara S. Stengel2. Partners in the Field: Part Two 46Gary Lee Downey, Daisy Hurst Floyd, and William C. Spohn3. A Narrative of the Seminar 734. Practical Reason as an Educational Agenda 93Conclusion: Taking Formative Action 127Appendix One: Partner Syllabi 145Hessel Bouma III, “Human Biology,” Calvin CollegeElliot N. Dorff, “Issues in Jewish Ethics,” American Jewish UniversityGary Lee Downey and Juan Lucena, “Engineering Cultures,” Virginia Tech and Colorado School of MinesDaisy Hurst Floyd, “Advanced Legal Ethics: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in Legal Life,” Mercer University School of LawAllen S. Hammond IV, “Contracts,” Santa Clara University School of LawRobert McGinn, “Ethical Issues in Engineering,” Stanford UniversityTimothy Murphy and Michele Oberman, Selected Cases from “Ethics and Law,” University of Illinois College of MedicineWilliam C. Spohn, “Scripture and the Moral Life,” Santa Clara UniversityBarbara S. Stengel, “Foundations of Modern Education,” Millersville UniversityAppendix Two: Seminar Assignments 215Assignment for Session One, September 2002Assignment for Session Two, January 2003Syllabus Narrative Writing Assignment, Summer 2003Assignment for Session Three, November 2003Follow-Up Reflection Questions, January 2004References 229