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Book Review: College and Character: A Briefer Version of the American College

Book Review: College and Character: A Briefer Version of the American College 272 BOOK REVIEWS this reason alone, this book is worthy of study, for the unity of the theme underlying the work adds greatly to its value to the reader. In this book, most readers will find something of profit to themselves, not because the ideas are new, but because they are the result of study, experience and reflection over a period of time. This book provides a founda­ tion on which other writers may build. It is of particular interest to students of education and psychology at a tertiary level. ALICE DOWNWARD, Bumood Teachers' CoUege. College and Character: a briefer version of The American CoUege. Nevitt Sanford (Ed.). New York. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1964. pp. 308. £2/9/6 (Aust.). This book, which is a shortened and modified form of the 1100 page, The American CoUege, ranges widely over the field of university education. Its twenty-seven chapters, contributed by as many sociologists, psychologists and educators, deal with the study of higher education, the viability of the American College, the entering student, the work of the teacher, student society and student culture, the role of the student, the college community, the effects of higher education, the college in ,society, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Book Review: College and Character: A Briefer Version of the American College

Australian Journal of Education , Volume 9 (3): 3 – Oct 1, 1965

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1965 Australian Council for Educational Research
ISSN
0004-9441
eISSN
2050-5884
DOI
10.1177/000494416500900310
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Abstract

272 BOOK REVIEWS this reason alone, this book is worthy of study, for the unity of the theme underlying the work adds greatly to its value to the reader. In this book, most readers will find something of profit to themselves, not because the ideas are new, but because they are the result of study, experience and reflection over a period of time. This book provides a founda­ tion on which other writers may build. It is of particular interest to students of education and psychology at a tertiary level. ALICE DOWNWARD, Bumood Teachers' CoUege. College and Character: a briefer version of The American CoUege. Nevitt Sanford (Ed.). New York. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1964. pp. 308. £2/9/6 (Aust.). This book, which is a shortened and modified form of the 1100 page, The American CoUege, ranges widely over the field of university education. Its twenty-seven chapters, contributed by as many sociologists, psychologists and educators, deal with the study of higher education, the viability of the American College, the entering student, the work of the teacher, student society and student culture, the role of the student, the college community, the effects of higher education, the college in ,society, and

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Australian Journal of EducationSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1965

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