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Articles

Mindfulness in higher education

Pages 183-197 | Published online: 14 Jun 2011
 

Abstract

This paper explores the introduction of mindfulness into courses in higher education. Some of these courses are taught by Buddhist scholars; others are taught by scholars within other disciplines who themselves have a meditation practice. Those scholars included here represent a much larger number in diverse settings, including state universities, liberal arts colleges, Ivy League institutions, and historically black colleges. They teach in almost every discipline, including architecture, poetry, chemistry, economics, and law. The courses discussed in this paper are taught by Contemplative Practice Fellows, a programme of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. The paper also places this movement into a short history of contemplative education and raises questions about its future impact on the academy.

Notes

1. Jacquelynn Bass, Citation2005, xiii.

2. Taken from a report on her Contemplative Practice Fellowship written in 2009.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Mirabai Bush

Mirabai Bush, Senior Fellow, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, 38 Village Hill Road, Williamsburg, MA 01096, USA. [email protected]

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