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City of intellect : the uses and abuses of the university / Nicholas B. Dirks, New York Academy of Sciences

Dirks, Nicholas B., 1950- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024

1 online resource (xxix, 358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2023)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-009-39443-7 (ebook)

978-1-009-39446-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-009-39445-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1409393853     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781009394437

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LOC-SH: Educational anthropology ; Anthropology and history ; Anthropological archives ; Education, Higher -- Philosophy -- United States ; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States ; Universities and colleges -- United States ; Higher education and state -- United States ; Educational change -- United States

During his four years as the tenth Chancellor of Berkeley (2013-17), Nicholas B. Dirks was confronted by crises arguably more challenging than those faced by any other college administrator in the contemporary period. This thoughtfully candid book, emerging from deep reflection on his turbulent time in office, offers not just a gripping insider's account of the febrile politics of his time as Berkeley's leader, but also decades of nuanced reflection on the university's true meaning (at its best, to be an aspirational 'city of intellect'). Dirks wrestles with some of the most urgent questions with which educational leaders are presently having to engage: including topics such as free speech and campus safe spaces, the humanities' contested future, and the real cost and value of liberal arts learning. His visionary intervention - part autobiography, part practical manifesto - is a passionate cri de cœur for structural changes in higher education that are both significant and profound.