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Awakening the Spirit: The Role of Higher Education in Leading Students to Discover and Pursue Their Calling. Part I: Discovering the Self at Sarah Lawrence College
Pamela C. Crosby

Awakening the Spirit: The Role of Higher Education in Leading Students to Discover and Pursue Their Calling: Part II: Learning from the Past at Fisk University
Pamela C. Crosby

Roasting the Seeds of Law School Stress
Lawrence S. Krieger

Awakening the Spirit: The Role of Higher Education in Leading Students to Discover and Pursue Their Calling. Part III: Creating Informed Student Activists at Connecticut College
Pamela C. Crosby

Awakening the Spirit: The Role of Higher Education in Leading Students to Discover and Pursue Their Calling: Part IV: Finding Meaning at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Pamela C. Crosby

Cutting Edge Issues for Religious Leaders: Why University Ministry is Important
Nathan D. Wilson

Global Citizenship: Extending Students' Knowledge and Action to the Global Context
Jenny J. Lee

"Coaching: A Powerful Metaphor for Mentoring and Character Development": An Interview with Rebecca Chopp, President of Colgate University
Jon C. Dalton

"Athletic Reform is Key to Character Development": An Interview with Chancellor Gordon Gee of Vanderbilt University
David Eberhardt

"Integrating Sports Into College Life and Learning": An Interview with Larry Shinn, President of Berea College
Jon C. Dalton

"President and Player: The Moral Lessons of College Athletics": An Interview with T.K. Wetherell of Florida State University
Pamela C. Crosby

Hope for a More Equitable Society: Student Values and Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Melissa D. Ousley

Academic Citizenship and Public Service for Modern Higher Learning in a Post-Civil Rights Era
Debra Buchanan, Abby Sharpe, and Joseph Martin Stevenson

Joining Hearts and Minds: A Contemplative Approach to Holistic Education in Psychology
Peter G. Grossenbacher and Steven S. Parkin

Don't Build It and They Will Come: Creating Space for Wholeness, Meaning, and Purpose in Higher Education
Carole Robinson, Glenn Sterner, and Trevor Johnson

Vincentians in Action: An Interfaith Model for Civic Learning and Spiritual Growth
Siobhan O' Donoghue and Karl Nass

Educating the Heart, Head, and Hands: Servant Leadership as a Transformational Model for Student Success
Tracey Y. Espy

Spirituality in Mainstream Academia: Three Transformative Activities
Stephanie M. Webster, Julianne Curran, Lacey Greathead, and Kyla Lemieux

The Impact of Ministry Internships at Saint Louis University
Leah M. Sweetman and Beth Gallagher

The Role of Spirituality in Purpose in Life And Academic Engagement
Kimberly A. Greenway

Stand Up for Character: Chalk Talk in the Composition Classroom
Robert Gibson

Teaching and Learning for a Just Society
Sylvia Hurtado

Best Practices: What Should We Do? Inviting Students into Political Theory through Action
Khristina Haddad

Best Practices: A Young Professor's Reflections on Higher Education and Democracy for a World Beyond Our Borders
Pamela C. Crosby

Passion, Purpose, and Service: Best Practices and Strategies for Integrating Service-Learning in First Year Seminars
Aurelio M. Valente

Factors Contributing to the Successful Implementation of a Community College Service Learning Program: Proactive Leadership, Program Infrastructure, Professional Development, and Program Evaluation
Jane L. Haggard, George W. Moore, Loraine Phillips, and Greg W. Phillips

My Not-So-Hidden Agenda
Laura Jones

A University-Wide Responsibility: Civic Engagement and the Presidential Election
Richard J. Hardy and Aimee D. Shouse

Teaching Leadership with a Global Perspective: A Case Study
Irma O'Dell and Grace Y. Hwang

Creating Deeper Connections: Exploring Values and the Potential for Transformation through New Media
Carol Bliss

Picking a President: Candidate Over Content; Personality Over Platform
Richard C. Emanuel

Value Education: An Indian Perspective on the Need for Moral Education in a Time of Rapid Social Change
Chitra Lakshimi

University for Diversity: A Case Study
Jeffery Pickens, Judith Bachay, and Larry Treadwell

A Campus Audit of Student Affairs-Faculty Collaborations: From Contacts to Compacts
Mackenzie R. Streit, Jon C. Dalton, and Pamela C. Crosby

What is the Role of the Teacher? To Guide the Studies of Others
Robert A. Waterson

Into the FYRE: The First-Year Residential Experience at the University of Miami—A Housing Strategy for Student Learning and Success
John F. Yaun

Pedagogical Considerations that May Encourage Character Development in a Distance Education Course
Michael C. Johnson, Richard Osguthorpe, and David D. Williams

Do Character Education Programs in Sports Work? – A Three Year Assessment
Joseph Doty and Ralph Pim