Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350129313
Content:
"Urban provides an intellectual history of Harvard presidency of James Bryant Conant (1933-1953), situating it within the broader international landscape and drawing out the implication for the current state of higher education with reference to specific leadership policy issues in the sector. Throughout this volume, Urban explores the ways in which Conant achieved largely successful attempts to modernize Harvard by upgrading both its student body and its faculty. He explores the intellectual excellence agenda that Conant pursued both with students and academics, and the ramifications of this. He also considers the nature of Conant's part-time handling of the role of president, the way he delegated campus control to his Provost, Paul Buck, and the ways the two operated together and separately. Urban also looks at Conant's own intellectual breadth, as scientist and humanist, which showed itself prominently in his activities in pursuit of general education reform. Conant's combination of intellect and agenda was unusual for a president in his own time, and is exceedingly rare, if not completely missing, in contemporary university presidencies. In exploring this innovative president's time in office at Harvard, Urban offers pertinent ideas to today's leaders of higher education."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Ursprünglich angekündigt u.d.T.: Flexibility in higher education leadership
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Series Editor's Foreword -- 1. Early Life and Educational Career -- 2. Presidential Vision and Priorities -- 3. Aspects of a Successful, Part-time Presidency -- 4. More than a President -- -- 5. Post-Presidency Conclusion -- References -- Index
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Also published in print
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350129290
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350129283
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350129313
URL:
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