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AUTHOR
BIO
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Charles D. Hayes is a self-taught philosopher and one of America’s
strongest advocates for lifelong learning. He spent his youth in
Texas and served as a U.S. Marine and as a police officer before
embarking on a career in the oil industry. Alaska has been his home
for more than 30 years.
Hayes’ book Beyond the American Dream: Lifelong Learning and
the Search for Meaning in a Postmodern World received
recognition by the American Library Association’s CHOICE Magazine as
one of the most outstanding academic books of the year. His other
titles include Existential Aspirations: Reflections of a
Self-Taught Philosopher (in-press), The Rapture of
Maturity: A Legacy of Lifelong Learning, Training Yourself:
The 21st Century Credential; Proving You’re
Qualified: Strategies for Competent People without College Degrees;
and Self-University: The Price of Tuition is Desire. Your
Degree is a Better Life. His first fiction work is
Portals in a Northern Sky.
Promoting the idea that education should be thought of not as
something you get but as something you take, Hayes’ work has been
featured in USA Today, in the UTNE Reader,
and on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation and
Alaska Public Radio’s Talk of Alaska. His web site,
www.autodidactic.com, provides resources for self-directed
learners—from advice about credentials to philosophy about the value
that lifelong learning brings to everyday living.
A new web site,
www.septemberuniversity.org, is devoted to getting a
September University movement underway all across America. Visitors
are urged to spread the word and encourage others to start their own
Sept-U discussion groups. All participants are invited to explore
ways to positively approach the cultural obstacles we face through a
continual dialog and a tireless quest for the better argument. |
