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Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States: Searching for a New Model in Higher Education

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Storch, Tanya
2015
Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers, Lanham, MD
LC929.7.U6 S76 2015
Topics: Academic Histories and Contexts

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Abstract: Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States: Searching for a New Model in Higher Education investigates in depth four American Buddhist universities, namely, the Dharma Realm Buddhist University, the University of the West, the Soka University of America, and the Naropa University, all of which offer degrees in liberal arts and professional fields, and at the same time educate their students in the philosophy and practices of Buddhism. Buddhist universities in the United States are unique because there are no comparable universities based on the philosophy and practices of other Asian religions also popular in the United States, such as Hinduism, Confucianism, or Sikhism. Even the Jewish community has created only two universities in which professional skills and liberal arts are taught from the position of the moral-philosophical principles of Judaism. This book presents the institutional history and academic programs of four Buddhist universities in America and analyzes Buddhist-based pedagogical principles, as well as teaching and learning techniques, which can be very useful for other colleges and universities in the United States. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 University of the West
ch. 2 The Dharma Realm Buddhist University
ch. 3 Naropa University
ch. 4 Soka University of America
ch. 5 Buddhist Pedagogy

Conclusion: Conversation
Bibliography
Index
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