The Strength of the University : A Selection from the Addresses of Claude T. Bissell /

The addresses in this book have been selected from among those given by Dr. Bissell, on many occasions, to many different groups ofp eople, over the last twelve years. In them he expresses some of his attitudes to the roleo f the university today, its strengths, and its weaknesses. He discusses such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bissell, Claude (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Universities and colleges.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • The Strength of the University
  • PART I: THE STUDENTS
  • Angular, not Spherical
  • The Right to be Angular
  • Our Youthful Society
  • The New Radicalism
  • The Multiversity: Berkeley and Toronto
  • PART II: THE PLACE AND THE WORK
  • The College and the Ivory Tower
  • Professionalism and the Humanities
  • The University and the Arts
  • University Libraries in the new Intellectual Environment
  • The Reform of University Government
  • Characteristics of a Great University
  • PART III: THE ROLE AND THE PURPOSE
  • Business and the University
  • The University and Canadian-American Relations
  • The University and Moral Values
  • Academic Freedom: Individual and Institutional
  • The Independence of Universities
  • Education and Power
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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