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The purposes of the university : selected speeches / Bernie Machen with Aaron Hoover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Machen, Bernie, 1944- author.
- Hoover, Aaron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Florida.
- State University System of Florida.
- College presidents--Florida--Gainesville.
- College presidents.
- University of Florida--Presidents--History.
- State University System of Florida--History.
- Universities and colleges--Florida--Gainesville.
- Universities and colleges.
- University of Florida--History.
- Machen, Bernie, 1944-.
- Machen, Bernie.
- History.
- Presidents.
- Florida--Gainesville.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 197 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida : University of Florida Foundation, [2014]
- Summary:
- During Bernie Machen's ten-year tenure, the face of high education in Florida has served as a bellwether for other state university systems in fighting funding decreases, fending off legislative pressures, applying on-line learning to the UF mission, and creating world-class centers in the STEM disciplines. This volume will highlight the challenges and history of today's state universities.
- Contents:
- Words for students
- The nature of education
- Equality and education
- Celebrating with ceremony
- Our worthy cause
- Joining discovery to technology
- Building bridges, bridging differences
- A first lady speaks
- Of nature and the arts
- In tribute
- Our past, our future.
- ISBN:
- 9780813060057
- 0813060052
- OCLC:
- 868276670
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