Johannes Darius (1414-1494) Sachwalter Venedigs im Morgenland, und sein griechischer Umkreis / Franz Babinger. - Munchen : Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1961

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00027632
• Autore: BABINGER, Franz
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: 129 p., : 5 tav. ; 22 cm
• Descrizione fisica: Esposto il 7 luglio 1961
• Classificazione: PE IV
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Diary of a dean / / Herbert I. London

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967366903321
• Autore: London Herbert I
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Hamilton Books, 2010
• ISBN: 0-7618-8647-8; 1-282-71352-3; 9786612713521; 0-7618-5172-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (79 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.0092; 813/.6
• Soggetti: Deans (Education)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.