The Uses of the University

Fifth Edition
5. New Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-674-00532-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 207 mm, Gewicht: 331 g

Reihe: The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen

America's university president extraordinaire adds a new chapter and preface to The Uses of the University, probably the most important book on the modern university ever written. This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Leaders of institutions of higher learning can be either hedgehogs or foxes in the new age. Kerr gives five general points of advice on what kinds of attitudes universities should adopt. He then gives a blueprint for action for foxes, suggesting that a few hedgehogs need to be around to protect university autonomy and the public weal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kerr, Clark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Über Autor(innen)

Kerr, Clark
Clark Kerr was President Emeritus and former Chancellor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the former Chair of the Carnegie Commission (and later Council) on Higher Education, and the former Chair and Director of the National Commission on Strengthening Presidential Leadership under the auspices of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.