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Levin, Richard C.
Yale University
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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The work of the university / / Richard C. Levin.
Author:
Levin, Richard C.
Title:
The work of the university / / Richard C. Levin.
Publisher:
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
Description:
xiii, 247 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
From the beginning -- Calm seas, auspicious gales -- Beyond the ivy walls: the university in the wider world -- The purpose of a college education -- On liberal education -- The task of self-discovery -- A serious place -- Preparing for a new millennium -- Discovery -- Westward ho! -- The spirit of adventure -- Yale time -- Beginnings -- Welcome to Yale -- The university's role in society -- Universities and our common wealth -- The American university as an engine of economic growth -- Universities as urban citizens -- The global university -- The graduate's role in society -- Education for self and for others -- On controversy -- Taking the next step -- The task of citizenship -- Beyond community service: the nation and the wider world -- Reflections on revolution -- China on my mind -- Thinking about September 11 -- Building a better Yale -- Yale's fourth century -- Yale at 300 -- Honoring schools, teachers, and traditions -- An embryonic democracy -- A salute to Princeton -- Remembering Oxford -- Chasing after society -- James Tobin, scholar-hero -- A devoted mentor -- Shimon Peres -- Blessed is the match -- Reflections on the American economy -- Can America compete in world markets?: an unconventional view of the 1980s -- Democracy and the market -- The president's wife (by Jane A. Levin) -- Advice to freshmen -- Teacher, student, president's wife.
Subject:
Yale University
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Catalog Source No.:
(OCoLC)ocm50859022
ISBN:
0300100019 (alk. paper)
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LA227.4 .L48 2003X
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39088010314813
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