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    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 2003XMuseum Studies Research Library39088010314813Checked InRequest Copy
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