Description: Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils (1910-1995) brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. THE CALLING OF EDUCATION features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last 25 years of his life.
Brief description: Edward Shils (1910-95) was the Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including The Calling of Education and The Constitution of Society, both published by the University of Chicago Press.