The work of the university / Richard C. Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Richard C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yale University.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This engaging collection of speeches and essays, published on the occasion of Richard C. Levin's tenth anniversary as president of Yale University, reflects both the range of his intellectual passions and the depth of his insight into the work of the university. By turns analytical, reflective, and exhortatory, Levin explores what it means to be a world-class university, how the university intersects with local and global communities, and why a liberal education matters. He offers personal recollections of schools, teachers, and traditions of particular importance in his own life. And, returning to his roots as a professor of economics, he discusses the competitiveness of American industry and the relations between the market economy and American democracy.Throughout these writings Levin illuminates and inspires. Always his affection for the university shines through. Whether greeting incoming freshmen, meditating on September 11, remembering an intellectual hero, saluting graduating seniors, addressing the League of Women Voters, or celebrating Yale's Tercentennial, Levin, by example, shows what a liberal education can achieve.

Contents:

From the beginning

Calm seas, auspicious gales

Beyond the ivy walls: our university in the wider world

The purpose of a college education

On liberal education

The task of self-discovery

A serious place

Preparing for a new millennium

Discovery

Westward ho!

The spirit of adventure

Yale time

Beginnings

Welcome to Yale

The university's role in society

Universities and our common wealth

The American university as an engine of economic growth

Universities as urban citizens

The global university

The graduate's role in society

Education for self and for others

On controversy

Taking the next step

The task of citizenship

Beyond community service: the nation and the wider world

Reflections on revolution

China on my mind

Thinking about September 11

Building a better Yale

Yale's fourth century

Yale at 300

Honoring schools, teachers, and traditions

An embryonic democracy

A salute to Princeton

Remembering Oxford

Chasing after society

James Tobin, scholar-hero

A devoted mentor

Shimon Peres

Blessed is the match

Reflections on the American economy

Can America compete in world markets?: an unconventional view of the 1980s

Democracy and the market.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786611735098

9781281735096

1281735094

9780300135350

0300135351

OCLC:

952732649