Higher ground : ethics and leadership in the modern university / Nannerl O. Keohane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keohane, Nannerl O., 1940-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Administration.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The former Duke President's writings and speeches on higher education and on Duke University.

Contents:

1: Articles and speeches

Collaboration and leadership: are they in conflict?

The university in the twenty-first century

The mission of the research university

Pro bono publico: institutional leadership and the public good

Moral education in the modern university

More power to the president?

The American campus: from colonial seminary to global multiversity

ACE address: the Atwell lecture

The liberal arts and the role of elite higher education

"You say you want a revolution?" well

When should a college president use the bully pulpit?

Are we there yet?

2: Duke University addresses

Opening convocation address

Inaugural address

The university of the future

Address to the faculty

Threats to academic freedom

Founders' Day address.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.

ISBN:

9780822387770

0822387778

OCLC:

220950207