The creation of the future : the role of the American university / Frank H.T. Rhodes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Physical Description:xv, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The rise of the American university
  • The American research university today
  • Transforming professionalism
  • Restoring community
  • Teaching as a moral vocation
  • Undergraduate education : recapturing the curriculum
  • Professional and graduate education
  • The cost of higher education
  • Research : a public trust
  • Service as a societal obligation : from farms to corporate America to inner cities
  • Information technology
  • Governance and leadership
  • The new university.