Act 6: A Sixth Sense?
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Act 6 is the book's final chapter.
Abstract
The last act of "A Privileged Past" is devoted to the author’s life and work in higher education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and its ecological niche on the northern-most edge of the Shawnee National Forest. The faculty member’s teaching, research, and service are described and set within the context of an evolving academic community and its relationship to a larger environment. Given the limitations of empirical knowledge, the chapter’s chief metaphor is a sixth sense of what is right and of service to others, students especially, who are intent upon a better life for themselves as virtual immigrants like the author and his family.
Suggested Citation
James Smith Allen. "Act 6: A Sixth Sense?" 2010
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_smith_allen/2