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"When Ivory Towers Were Black lies at the potent intersection of race, urban development, and higher education. It tells the story of how an unparalleled cohort of ethnic minority students earned degrees from a world-class university. The story takes place in New York City at Co…
Youth, University, and Democracy
by Project Muse, Dietze, Gottfried
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University as a classic institution for the advancement of learning which must be kept free of politics including democracy.
Aimed directly at those who aspire to be university leaders in these turbulent times, and written as an academic counterpart to Machiavelli's The Prince, The Academic Caesar explores four themes that are central to the contemporary university: its Caesar-leaders, its economics, …
Introduction / Lucy R. Nicholas -- Academic Freedom on trial in Tudor times : Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555), letter to John Cheke, 15 May 1542 -- Why Turod Cambridge needs Greek : Richard Croke (1489-1558), Orationes duae -- A professor in Scottish politics : Andrew Melville (154…
Introduction: The "world-class" university -- The university in Germany: a historical introduction -- The modern original: the University of Berlin -- Truth, justice, and freedom in a Cold War world: the Free University of Berlin -- The rise and challenges of American research u…
Although research universities represent only fifteen to twenty per cent of national university systems worldwide, they provide the bulk of fundamental research and doctoral training. Written by two veteran university administrators, Leading Research Universities in a Competitiv…
"During the past several decades, several "highly-resourced, accelerated research universities" have been established around the world to pursue--and achieve--academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured.…
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.