Academic Life - A Memoir

A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American universityHanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler's Germany with her parents in the 1930s, emigrating to New Haven, where her father was a professor at Yale University. She has studied and taught

Info autore

Hanna Holborn Gray is the Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Early Modern European History at the University of Chicago, where she served as president from 1978 to 1993. She is the author of Searching for Utopia: Universities and Their Histories. She lives in Chicago.

Riassunto

A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American universityHanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler's Germany with her parents in the 1930s, emigrating to New Haven, where her father was a professor at Yale University. She has studied and taught

Testo aggiuntivo

"[An Academic Life] contains magisterial reflections but is also sprightly, often playful, and chockful of entertaining anecdotes."---Robert E. Lerner, National Interest

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hanna Holborn Gray, Gray Hanna Holborn
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780691179186
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17918-6
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: William G. Bowen Memorial Seri; The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education; The William G. Bowen Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, 20th Century, EDUCATION / History, Memoirs, EDUCATION / Leadership, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Organization & management of education, History of Education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs