Educating for Cultures of Peace Within the Academy: a Holistic Approach to Peace Studies in Theuniversity for the New Millennium

Peace, understood as a way of being and relating inour world, represents a fundamental epistemologicalchallenge within and for institutions of highereducation. Many peace programs have been born in thispostmodern era rife with conflict to offer afoundation for peace education. This book presents acompelling examination of the challenges to bridgingpeace and education within educational institutionsthrough a regional study based in the US. Personalinterviews were conducted to ascertain whetherstructural impediments exist within the academyinhibiting a scholarly inquiry of peace with theresults indicating that ideology and the role ofresearch concerning peace are the predominateinstitutional impediments or barriers to a holisticand effective peace education program within theuniversity setting. This analysis provides a criticalstep in the development of peace studies within theUnited States and should be especially useful topeace and conflict scholars, deans and administratorsof liberal arts schools, as well as the engaged peaceactivist exploring the connections between peace andeducation.