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Ever the Teacher / William G. Bowen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The William G. Bowen Series ; 73Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1988Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (638 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691609027
  • 9781400859849
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.73 19
LOC classification:
  • LB2325
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The University in Society -- PART TWO. Purposes of Education/ Liberal Education -- PART THREE. Graduate Education, Scholarship, Research -- PART FOUR. Faculty -- PART FIVE. Diversity, Opportunity, and Financial Aid -- PART SIX. The Economics of the Private Research University -- PART SEVEN. Reflections -- APPENDIX A. Memorial Tributes -- APPENDIX B. An Annotated List of Annual Reports, Opening Exercises Addresses, and Commencement Remarks -- APPENDIX C. Biographical Information
Summary: In one of his commencement talks as President of Princeton University, William G. Bowen called upon the assembled graduates to find ways, in their lives, to blend "the powers of the mind and the promptings of the heart."This collection of his presidential writings--drawn from annual reports, opening exercises addresses, commencement remarks, and other speeches and essays--reflects a blend of analysis and advocacy that speaks both to public policy issues affecting all of American higher education and to the deeper meanings and values of Princeton.The writings selected for inclusion here represent roughly half of the total archive annotated in Appendix B. They range from brief extracts to complete documents, and they are organized under such topics as the university in society; purposes of education/liberal education; graduate education, scholarship, and research; faculty; diversity, opportunity, and financial aid; the economics of the private research university; and a final chapter titled simply "Reflections."Throughout his fifteen-year tenure, President Bowen remained a teacher in the introductory economics course at Princeton, and his principal identification was always as a member of the faculty. His writings, as he saw them, were an extension of his teaching: an opportunity to communicate important ideas in ways that would sharpen his own understanding at the same time that they provoked others to think hard about the questions being raised. As such, his writings were a source of insight and illumination for many "students," of various descriptions, who listened, and read, and learned from what he had to say.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The University in Society -- PART TWO. Purposes of Education/ Liberal Education -- PART THREE. Graduate Education, Scholarship, Research -- PART FOUR. Faculty -- PART FIVE. Diversity, Opportunity, and Financial Aid -- PART SIX. The Economics of the Private Research University -- PART SEVEN. Reflections -- APPENDIX A. Memorial Tributes -- APPENDIX B. An Annotated List of Annual Reports, Opening Exercises Addresses, and Commencement Remarks -- APPENDIX C. Biographical Information

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In one of his commencement talks as President of Princeton University, William G. Bowen called upon the assembled graduates to find ways, in their lives, to blend "the powers of the mind and the promptings of the heart."This collection of his presidential writings--drawn from annual reports, opening exercises addresses, commencement remarks, and other speeches and essays--reflects a blend of analysis and advocacy that speaks both to public policy issues affecting all of American higher education and to the deeper meanings and values of Princeton.The writings selected for inclusion here represent roughly half of the total archive annotated in Appendix B. They range from brief extracts to complete documents, and they are organized under such topics as the university in society; purposes of education/liberal education; graduate education, scholarship, and research; faculty; diversity, opportunity, and financial aid; the economics of the private research university; and a final chapter titled simply "Reflections."Throughout his fifteen-year tenure, President Bowen remained a teacher in the introductory economics course at Princeton, and his principal identification was always as a member of the faculty. His writings, as he saw them, were an extension of his teaching: an opportunity to communicate important ideas in ways that would sharpen his own understanding at the same time that they provoked others to think hard about the questions being raised. As such, his writings were a source of insight and illumination for many "students," of various descriptions, who listened, and read, and learned from what he had to say.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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