{"product_id":"the-purposeful-graduate-why-colleges-must-talk-to-students-about-vocation-paperback","title":"The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk to Students about Vocation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Clydesdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know that higher education has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Historically a time of exploration and self-discovery, the college years have been narrowed toward an increasingly singular goal-career training-and college students these days forgo the big questions about who they are and how they can change the world and instead focus single-mindedly on their economic survival. In \u003ci\u003eThe Purposeful Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Clydesdale elucidates just what a tremendous loss this is, for our youth, our universities, and our future as a society. At the same time, he shows that it doesn't have to be this way: higher education can retain its higher cultural role, and students with a true sense of purpose-of personal, cultural, and intellectual value that cannot be measured by a wage-can be streaming out of every one of its institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The key, he argues, is simple: direct, systematic, and creative programs that engage undergraduates on the question of purpose. Backing up his argument with rich data from a Lilly Endowment grant that funded such programs on eighty-eight different campuses, he shows that thoughtful engagement of the notion of vocational calling by students, faculty, and staff can bring rich rewards for all those involved: greater intellectual development, more robust community involvement, and a more proactive approach to lifelong goals. Nearly every institution he examines-from internationally acclaimed research universities to small liberal arts colleges-is a success story, each designing and implementing its own program, that provides students with deep resources that help them to launch flourishing lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Flying in the face of the pessimistic forecast of higher education's emaciated future, Clydesdale offers a profoundly rich alternative, one that can be achieved if we simply muster the courage to talk with students about who they are and what they are meant to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Clydesdale\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology at the College of New Jersey. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724524490815,"sku":"9780226418889","price":25.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4f95170b0161a436c96d8fa8cc9bc04f_bb70dbbf-0acc-4556-9bbb-bf1278f92844.webp?v=1765102965","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-purposeful-graduate-why-colleges-must-talk-to-students-about-vocation-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}