If Honors Students Were People: Holistic Honors Education

Authors

• Samuel SchumanFollow

Date of this Version

2013

Document Type

Book

Citation

National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series

Comments

Copyright © 2013 by National Collegiate Honors Council.

Abstract

Acknowledgments. . vii

Chapter 1: Introduction. . 3

A Classroom. 3

Preview. . 8

Honors, Physical Wellness, and Spiritual Cultivation: A Rationale . 11

Definition of Terms . . 18

Wholeness. . 24

Chapter 2: History. 27

Colonial Colleges: 1636–1776. . 27

From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War: 1776–1865 . 32

From the Civil War to World War II: 1865–1944. . 38

From World War II (1945) to the Present. . 45

Interview One: Dr. Richard Chess. . 59

Chapter 3: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano . 67

Autobiographical Note. . 67

Neuroscience and Exercise. . 71

Faculty and Fitness. 79

Sports Positives. . 81

Sports Negatives. 85

Integrative Disciplines. . 88

Work. 90

Work Colleges. 93

Interview Two: Two Honors Student-Athletes: Natalie Pearson and Heide Overton. 99

Chapter 4: College Spirit. . 107

The Spirituality of Today’s College Students. . 107

The Spirituality of Today’s College Faculty. 120

Meditation. . 128

Education as Transformation and Beyond Tolerance. . 134

Moral Education. 140

Interview Three: Rev. Catherine Quehl-Engel. . 147

Chapter 5: Snapshots. 153

University of North Carolina Wilmington Honors College. . 153

Lincoln University and Coker College. 155

Olivet Nazarene College Honors Program. 158

Oral Roberts University Honors Program. 165

University of Minnesota Morris. . 167

Texas Tech University Honors College and the University of Alberta Augustana: Outdoor Learning. . 170

Saint Francis University Honors Program . 180

Minot State University Honors Program. 187

Promising Practices. . 190

Interview Four: Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh. . 195

Chapter 6: Concluding Thoughts. 201

The Physical. 202

The Spiritual . . 203

Notes . . 207

Works Cited. 217

About the Author. . 241