Searching for Utopia - Universities and Their Histories

Zusatztext "A contemplative 'pep talk' urging colleges and universities to rediscover a sense of both mission and individuality and a ringing endorsement of protecting the academic freedom to explore truth." Informationen zum Autor Hanna Holborn Gray was President of the University of Chicago from 1978 to 1993 and is presently the Emeritus Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Professor of History there. Zusammenfassung Reflects on the nature of the university from the perspective of research institutions. This title examines the ideas of former University of California president Clark Kerr as expressed in "The Uses of the University", written during the tumultuous 1960s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. The Uses of the University Revisited 2. The University Idea and Liberal Learning 3. Uses (and Misuses) of the University Today Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography

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• Authors: Hanna Holborn Gray, Gray Hanna Holborn
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2011
• EAN: 9780520270657
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27065-7
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Clark Kerr Lectures on the Rol; The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Education in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher