Author: Milton Halsey ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bibliography of Nicholas Murray Butler
Author: Milton Halsey ThomasNobel Lectures in Peace
Author: Frederick W. HabermanPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810234157
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3740
Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers
Author: John R. ShookPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1843710374
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 2759
Book Description
The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers includes both academic and non-academic philosophers, anda large number of female and minority thinkers whose work has been neglected. It includes those intellectualsinvolved in the development of psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology, politicalscience, and several other fields, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philosophy in thelate nineteenth century.Each entry contains a short biography of the writer, an exposition and analysis of his or her doctrines and ideas, abibliography of writings, and suggestions for further reading. While all the major post-Civil War philosophers arepresent, the most valuable feature of this dictionary is its coverage of a huge range of less well-known writers,including hundreds of presently obscure thinkers. In many cases, the Dictionary of Modern AmericanPhilosophers offers the first scholarly treatment of the life and work of certain writers. This book will be anindispensable reference work for scholars working on almost any aspect of modern American thought.
The Qualified Student
Author: Harold S. WechslerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351475622
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods of student selection used by institutions of higher education in the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that college and university reformers employed those methods to introduce higher education into a broader cross-section of America, by extending access to an increased number of students from nontraditional backgrounds. Implicit in much of this book is an underlying social and ethical question: How legitimate was and is higher education's regulation of social mobility? Public concern over colleges' and universities' practices became inevitable once they became regulators between social classes. The challenging of colleges' admissions policies in the courts augments similar concerns that have been present in legislatures for decades. The volume is divided into three main sections: Prerequisites, Columbia and the Selective Function, and Implications. It focuses mainly on four universities, The University of Michigan, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the City University of New York. Wechsler maintains that unlike other universities, these institutions were pacesetters; they did not adopt a new policy simply because some other college had already adopted it. A new introduction brings the book, originally published in 1977, up to date and demonstrates its continuing importance in today's academic world of selective admissions.
Peace: 1926-1950
Author: Frederick William HabermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Peace
Author: Dictionary of American Biography
Author: No Equal In The World
Author: Joseph N. CrowleyPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874174082
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
No Equal in the World is a comprehensive study of the literature on the American academic presidency from the middle of the nineteenth century—when the first universities, as distinct from colleges, began to emerge—to the present. The book surveys widely divergent literature on the biographies of major presidents at crucial moments in the history of their institutions. The book affords an overview of the development of both the role of the university president and the public’s perception of that role, and indicates where perception and reality diverge. At a time when university presidents must find their way through a minefield of increasingly heated debates over issues such as free speech, curriculum, faculty diversity, and the specter of “political correctness,” Crowley’s book provides a sense of history to those striving to understand the demands of the position. It is an invaluable resource for scholars.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2620
Book Description