UID:
almafu_9959238777602883
Format:
1 online resource (246 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-300-20706-9
Content:
As president of Stanford University, Gerhard Casper established a reputation as a tireless, forward-thinking advocate for higher education. His speeches, renowned for their intelligence, humanity, wit, and courage, confront head-on the most pressing concerns facing our nation's universities. From affirmative action and multiculturalism to free speech, politics, public service, and government regulation, Casper addresses the controversial issues currently debated on college campuses and in our highest courts. With insight and candor, each chapter explores the context of these challenges to higher education and provides Casper's stirring orations delivered in response. In addressing these vital concerns, Casper outlines the freedoms that a university must encourage and defend in the ongoing pursuit of knowledge.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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1. Roles of a University President --
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2. The Wind of Freedom Blows --
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3. Invectives: On Rendering Judgment at the University --
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4. Corry v. Stanford University: The Issue of Free Expression --
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5. Concerning Culture and Cultures: Campus Diversity --
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6. The University in a Political Context --
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7. Affirmative Action --
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8. The Advantage of the Research-Intensive University --
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9. Thinking in a Free and Open Space --
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10. Coda --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-19691-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-40769-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.12987/9780300207064
URL:
Yale scholarship online
