Neuroethics in Higher Education Policy
This book focuses on neuroethics in higher education in the United States. After introducing readers to the philosophical and policy foundations of the neuroethics of higher education, this book explores essential conundrums in the neuroethical practice o
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NEUROETHICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY
Neuroethics in Higher Education Policy
Dana Lee Baker • Brandon Leonard
Neuroethics in Higher Education Policy
Dana Lee Baker School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs Washington State University Vancouver, WA, USA
Brandon Leonard Social Work Portland State University Portland, Oregon, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-59019-0 ISBN 978-1-137-59020-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59020-6
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For Karen Schmaling, with gratitude, for all the walks and wisdom And for Laurie Drapela, who makes both of our lives better.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors of this book became acquainted in the most traditional of higher education settings—in an undergraduate class housed in a large lecture hall with row upon row of seating. However, the course on the sociology of disability was outside the normal rotation of courses assigned to Dana Lee Baker, the mid-career professor in the Program of Public Affairs, and the course was an elective for the fast-tracking student, Brandon R. Leonard. As such, a first acknowledgment is owed to the twist of fate and flexibility of the Department of Sociology at Washington State University that allowed for common intellectual interests to become evident. Right on the heels of this tip of the hat to these fortunate circumstances comes both authors’ gratitude for the unwavering support of family, friends, and colleagues. Dana’s love and appreciation for her family is best summarized by an expression coined by her beloved daughter, Dawn (more commonly known as “The Spidermonkey”); it i
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