The work of the university

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Main Author: Levin, Richard C.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • From the beginning
  • Calm seas, auspicious gales
  • Beyond the ivy walls: our 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.