Integrative Learning and Action

«‘Integrative Learning and Action: A Call to Wholeness’ will be categorized as a book about education and read as such. Well it should be. But it is also a book about American politics, for it provides insight into the polarization of American society – why much of that society distrusts the academy as an institution even while loving the college they went to, and why the academy should not dismiss those concerns no matter how abhorrent their expression may be on the surface. Those often intensely anti-intellectual views are rooted in legitimate concerns about the fragmentation of life as well as knowledge. This remarkable collection of essays...could provide a base for beginning a much-needed dialogue between the academy and the rest of America. Both desperately need that dialogue.» (Gregory S. Prince, President Emeritus, Hampshire College)
«This volume of very thoughtful and powerful essays is a call to all of us to reexamine our practices in higher education. It challenges us not only to reflect on our personal lives in the interests of achieving greater wholeness and authenticity, but also to encourage our students to achieve a fuller integration of learning, doing, and being. It articulates a vision of a world where all of us can live a life worth living, a life of caring, authenticity, and wholeness, both for us and for our students. This book should be read by all of us who care deeply about education, our students, and the future of our country and our world.» (Helen S. Astin, Professor Emerita & Senior Scholar, and Alexander W. Astin, Professor Emeritus & Founding Director, Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), and the University of California at Los Angeles)