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OXBRIDGE
SENIOR TUTOR NAMED
At Hiram College, Dr. Alpern currently
serves as the George and Arlene
Foote Chair in Ethics & Professor
of Philosophy, and as Director of
the Center for the Study of Ethical
Issues. He received his B.A., magna
cum laude, with distinction, from
Kenyon College and his M.A. and
Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
He has been widely published, with
interests and areas of expertise
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to the theory and history of ethics; applied
ethics (including medicine, business, law,
public policy and engineering); critical
thinking; the history of philosophy (ancient
and early modern); philosophy of language;
philosophy of science; and logic.
"This is a key position at William
Jewell, with extensive responsibilities
for the college's acclaimed Oxbridge Honors
Program," said Dr. John Westlie,
Dean of the College and Vice President
for Academic Affairs. "We are extremely
pleased to have a scholar of Dr. Alpern's
caliber joining the Jewell faculty. He
has demonstrated an unwavering commitment
to undergraduate education throughout
a distinguished career."
Dr. Alpern was selected following a nationwide
search. He replaces Dr. D. Dean Dunham,
Jr., the current Oxbridge Senior Tutor,
who is retiring at the end of the current
academic year following a career spanning
more than 40 years on the William Jewell
faculty.
William Jewell's Oxbridge Honors Program
combines a year of study in one of the
college communities of Oxford or Cambridge
with three years of work on the Jewell
campus. The emphasis is on the traditional
British tutorial style of study in which
students engage in one-on-one or small-group
tutorials with master teachers, then "sit"
for comprehensive exams in their majors.
"My heart is in teaching, in the
excellence in teaching, and in the mission
of the liberal arts," Dr. Alpern
said. "The position of Senior Tutor
of the Oxbridge Program at William Jewell
is extremely attractive, promising work
with highly skilled and motivated students,
with faculty from diverse disciplines,
in a program dedicated to the highest
standards of liberal education."
Prior to joining the faculty at Hiram
College, Dr. Alpern served as assistant
and associate professor at DePaul University;
as assistant professor at the State University
of New York College at Oswego; and as
assistant professor and instructor at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. Dr. Alpern is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and is immediate past president
of its chapter at Hiram College. He is
also a member of the American Philosophical
Association, the Association for Practical
and Professional Ethics and the Society
for Ethics Across the Curriculum.
The distinctive Oxbridge Honors Program
is one of the very few academic programs
in the United States to be based on two
key concepts found in the British universities
of Oxford and Cambridge. The foundation
of Oxbridge is tutorial study - individually
directed reading and the writing of essays
under the guidance of a faculty tutor.
This approach to education gives students
a great deal of responsibility for their
own education and sets a very high standard.
Oxbridge majors are offered in a limited
number of subject matters: English Language
and Literature, History, History of Ideas
(an interdisciplinary major combining
the study of philosophy and literature),
Institutions and Policy (a major in the
social sciences including the study of
economics and political science), Music
and Science (Molecular Biology).
The small group of outstanding students
admitted to the Oxbridge program prepare
for senior comprehensive examinations
in the major fields in individual or small-group
tutorials and by independent reading and
research. They normally spend the junior
year in one of William Jewell's programs
in either Oxford or Cambridge. First-year
students enter as Oxbridge Open students
and do not apply for entry into majors
until late in spring semester.
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