CIIS and American Higher Education

Abstract

In this article a brief history of the California Institute of Integral Studies and its predecessor institution, the American Academy of Asian Studies is discussed, and several key founding figures of both institutions are introduced. It is argued that the role these unique institutions of higher learning have played have been crucial, initially in the cultural life of San Francisco Bay Area and the social and cultural movements it inspired, and currently in the context of the role that an integral, whole-person oriented education plays in higher education.

Keywords

• Higher Education
• California Institute of Integral Studies
• Joseph L. Subbiondo
• Alan Watts
• Haridas Chaudhuri
• integral education
• American Academy of Asian Studies
• Louis Gainsborough
• Paul Herman
• San Francisco Renaissance