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UNINA9910822251703321 |
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Autore |
London Herbert I |
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Titolo |
Diary of a dean / / Herbert I. London |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, Md., : Hamilton Books, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-71352-3 |
9786612713521 |
0-7618-5172-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (79 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Thinking about America from Down Under -- Chapter Two -- How a Commencement Changed My Life -- Chapter Three -- Running to Class -- Chapter Four -- Underground Notes from a Campus Ombudsman -- Chapter Five -- What a Dean Learns from His Mother -- Chapter Six -- What Really Matters -- Chapter Seven -- Letter to a Student -- Chapter Eight -- The Zeitgeist Rings My Home Number -- Chapter Nine -- Challenging the Academic Orthodoxy -- Chapter Ten -- The Tenure Trap -- Chapter Eleven -- Academic Freedom and Free Speech -- Chapter Twelve -- The Hudson Institute as a University in Absentia -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is a memoir of Herbert London's years at New York University. It follows his personal path from professor and ombudsman to dean of a new 'experimental' college. For anyone eager to learn about the evolution of higher education in the last few decades, this book is indispensable reading. |
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