Diary of a dean / / Herbert I. London
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| Autore: |
London Herbert I
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| Titolo: |
Diary of a dean / / Herbert I. London
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Hamilton Books, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (79 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.0092 |
| 813/.6 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Deans (Education) |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Diary of a dean |
| ISBN: | 1-282-71352-3 |
| 9786612713521 | |
| 0-7618-5172-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822251703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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