At War with Academic Traditions in America / A. Lawrence Lowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowell, A. Lawrence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen.

Education, Higher--United States.

Harvard University.

Local Subjects:

Education, Higher--United States.

Harvard University.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

TOPICS

THE CHOICE OF ELECTIVES (1887)

COLLEGE RANK AND DISTINCTION IN LIFE (1903)

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATES INTO RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES (OR HOUSES) (1907)

INAUGURAL ADDRESS (OCTOBER 6, 1909)

COMPETITION IN COLLEGE (1909)

ADDRESS AT THE AWARD OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS (1909)

HOW ΤΟ SECURE AMONG STUDENTS A HIGHER APPRECIATION OF SCHOLARSHIP (1910)

COLLEGE STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (1911)

THE DUTY OF SCHOLARSHIP (1912)

THE SELECTIVE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION (1914)

CULTURE (1915)

THE DUTY OF ADDING TO KNOWLEDGE (1916)

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF EDUCATION (1916)

THE ART OF EXAMINATION (1920)

STIMULATION OF THE ABLEST STUDENTS (1921)

ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

ADDRESS AT YALE UNIVERSITY

ADDRESS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

ADDRESS AT AMHERST COLLEGE

GENERAL EXAMINATIONS AND TUTORS IN HARVARD COLLEGE

REMARKS AT THE INAUGURATION OF CLARENCE A. BARBOUR AS PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY, OCTOBER 18, 1929

EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION (1933)

EXAMINATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (1933)

UNIVERSITIES, GRADUATE SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES (1933)

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (1934)

DEGREES, PRIZES, AND HONORS (1934)

PARTS OF ANNUAL REPORTS

COMMENCEMENT, JUNE 22, 1933

COMMENCEMENT, 1934

A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-42410-7

OCLC:

1013946255