Leadership and the Liberal Arts : Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education

by Wren, J. Thomas; Riggio, Ronald E.; Genovese, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780230612280
• ISBN10: 0230612288
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book contains a collection of essays by presidents of prominent liberal arts colleges and leading intellectuals who reflect on the meaning of educating individuals for leadership and how it can be accomplished in ways consistent with the missions of liberal arts institutions. Edited by faculty from the Jepson School for Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, the Jepson Studies in Leadership series will reflect the school's broad-based, liberal arts approach to the study of leadership. The Jepson School has faculty representatives from the disciplines of English literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, public administration, religious studies, and organizational leadership. No other school or program is better situated to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on this important topic.

Author Biography

J. THOMAS WREN is Professor of Leadership Studies at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.  He has an undergraduate degree in economics and social studies from Denison University, a law degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s in public policy from George Washington University, and a master’s and doctorate in history from the College of William and Mary. In addition to a number of articles and book chapters, he has edited The Leader’s Companion: Insights on Leadership through the Ages and written an accompanying Instructor’s Manual. He is co-editor of the three-volume reference, The International Library of Leadership.  His most recent book (in press) is Inventing Leadership: The Challenge of Democracy.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Link between Liberal Learning and Leadership
Reinventing the Liberal Arts through Leadership	p. 13
The Liberal Arts and Leadership Learning	p. 37
Can Study of the Liberal Arts Prepare Both Effective Leaders and Productive Citizens?	p. 55
Integrating Leadership into the Liberal Arts and Sciences
General Education as the Nexus between the Liberal Arts and Leadership Studies	p. 67
Learning Leadership Discipline by Discipline: Cultivating Metaphors for Leadership through the Study of the Liberal Arts	p. 81
Liberal Education, Leadership, and Values	p. 97
Leadership and the Humanities	p. 117
Implementing the Study of Leadership in the Liberal Arts
Using Thick Intellectual History to Teach Leadership: Implications of the Carlyle-Mill Exchange	p. 129
Leadership, Liberal Arts, and the Cultivation of Democratic Citizenship	p. 145
Forever Becoming Leader	p. 163
Leadership Is the Practice of the Liberal Arts	p. 177
Assessing the Impact of Liberal Arts-based Leadership Education	p. 203
Conclusion Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Moving Forward	p. 213
List of Contributors	p. 217
Index	p. 223
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