Intellectuals and academicians, among many other pioneers, strived to move education to a stage of free learning, free expression, and free thinking. The desires and pursuits to advance the understanding of humanity and societies also stimulated aspirations to liberate human beings from superstitious and suppressive powers (Pedersen 1997). This process was the trajectory of formation of higher education, which has shaped the world of today. Higher education empowered individuals to write the course of history by enabling them to think and act with an expanded understanding of nature, human beings, and societies. In this sense, a university is a cradle of thinking to raise heirs to inherit knowledge, skills, culture, and traditions of their ancestors and to preserve, continue, and enrich their heritage. The relationship between students and teachers, in the scenario of humanistic higher education, is a crucial and essential channel to sustain the mission of inheriting and enhancing...
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Liu, E. (2019). Decay of Academic Mentorship and Friendship in Higher Education. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_19-1
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