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| Lectures: Great Expectations for Higher Education |
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Dr. Amy Gutmann, the President of the
University of Pennsylvania, gives a talk
entitled "Great Expectations for Higher
Education in the 21st century" as part of the
30th annual Pullias lecture series. The
Pullias Lecture is dedicated to the memory of
Earl V. Pullias, professor emeritus of higher
education at the University of Southern
California and is the oldest endowed higher
education lecture series in the world.
Dr. Amy Gutmann took the helm as the eighth
president of the University of Pennsylvania
on July 1, 2004 launching the Penn Compact,
her vision for making Penn both a global
leader in teaching, research, and
professional practice, as well as a dynamic
agent of social, economic, and civic
progress. An eminent political scientist and
philosopher, Gutmann currently is Professor
of Political Science in the School of Arts
and Sciences at Penn, with secondary faculty
appointments in the Philosophy Department in
Arts and Sciences, at the Annenberg School
for Communication, and at the Graduate School
of Education. Gutmann continues to teach,
lecture, and write extensively on ethics,
justice theory, deliberative democracy, and
democratic education.
Tags : Modern Research Multiversity Diversity Society Intellectual Progress Financial Aid College Access Multidisciplinary |
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Affichage : 2852
Durée : 5214 s |
| Karl Marx - Mark Steel Lectures Part 1/5 |
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Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 -- March 14,
1883) was a 19th century philosopher,
political economist, and revolutionary. Marx
addressed a wide range of issues; he is most
famous for his analysis of history, summed up
in the opening line of the Communist
Manifesto (1848): "The history of all
hitherto existing society is the history of
class struggles". Marx believed that the
capitalism would be displaced by radical
socialism which in turn would develop into a
communism - a classless society.
Often called the father of communism, Marx
was both a scholar and a political activist.
SOURCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
Tags : Karl Marx Mark Steel Marxism Communism Lenin Socialism Trotsky Che Guevara Castro London Cuba |
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Affichage : 55600
Durée : 602 s |
| LECTURES: USC Annenberg Center Speaker Series: Henry Jenkins |
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Jan. 17, 2007 (University of Southern
California): Henry Jenkins Presents "YouTube
to YouNiversity"
Speaker: Henry Jenkins is the founder and
director of the Comparative Media Studies
Program and the DeFlorz Professor of the
Humanities at MIT, and is the author or
editor of eleven books.
Abstract: For those of you keeping score, the
dotcom era has ended. The age of social
networks and mobile media has emerged from
its ashes. We are no longer talking about a
digital revolution, which envisioned new
media displacing the old. We are now talking
about media convergence, where old and new
media interact in ever more complex ways. We
are no longer talking about interactive media
technologies; we are talking about
participatory culture.
This presentation will address the terms of
our participation in this new convergence
culture, which are being shaped by
governmental policies and court decisions but
also by choices being made both in corporate
boardrooms and in teenager's bedrooms. As
fans, gamers, and bloggers, we are learning
new ways to use media to serve our own ends
and we are discovering new ways to pool our
knowledge and work collaboratively to solve
puzzles and master complex texts. What we are
learning as consumers has the potential to
change how we think as citizens. And these
new social skills and cultural competencies
have implications as well for the future of
education.
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Affichage : 2453
Durée : 4754 s |
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