Rudolph H. Weingartner

A Sixty-Year Ride through the World of Education

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Produktbeschreibung

A Sixty-Year Ride through the World of Education depicts the author's educational pursuits from elementary school to provost.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9780761837312
• ISBN-10: 0761837310
• Artikelnr.: 22863635

Autorenporträt

By Rudolph H. Weingartner

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 Volksschule in Heidelberg Chapter 3 Expulsion and
Departure Chapter 4 Two Schools in Manhattan Part 5 I: Some Thoughts About
Elementary School Chapter 6 Brooklyn Tech Chapter 7 The Mechanical Course
Part 8 II: Concerning High School Education Chapter 9 Interlude in the Navy
Chapter 10 Freshman Year in Columbia Part 11 III: On Required Courses for
Undergraduates Chapter 12 Mostly Humanities Chapter 13 A Start in
Philosophy Part 14 IV: On Liberal Education Chapter 15 Not Studying Abroad
Chapter 16 Graduate School Is Different Chapter 17 Out of School Again
Chapter 18 All but Dissertation Chapter 19 Writing a Dissertation Part 20
V: On Graduate Education in the Humanities Chapter 21 Launched as a Teacher
Chapter 22 On Learning How to Teach Chapter 23 An Adult in San Francisco
Chapter 24 Teaching and Writing Chapter 25 The Mission of Undergraduate
Teaching Chapter 26 Administration and Politics Chapter 27 The Blowup at
San Fransisco State Chapter 28 Vassar is Different Chapter 29 Chairing
Philosophy at Vassar Part 30 The Peculiar Task of Chairing a Department
Chapter 31 BMOC Part 32 IX: What Liberal Arts Colleges Are Good For Chapter
33 Fellowships Chapter 34 Publish or Perish Chapter 35 Northwestern: Making
Changes Chapter 36 Busy, Busy Chapter 37 Out of the Office Chapter 38
Institutional Coherence and Identity Part 39 XI: The True Nature of
Academic Administration Chapter 40 Between School and School Chapter 41 On
Searching for Academic Administrators Chapter 42 Provost at Pitt, Briefly
Chapter 43 Denouement Part 44 XIII: On the Tendency to Transform
Universities into Corporations Chapter 45 My Last Philosophy Department
Chapter 46 Now with a Bang Part 47 XIV: Retirement as Institutional
Necessity Chapter 48 Out of School for Good Part 49 Endnotes Part 50 Index