Point of View: Talks on Education - Hardcover

Levi, Edward H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226474127 ISBN 13: 9780226474120

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1974

Synopsis

Edward H. Levi served the University of Chicago for most of his professional life, as a professor, dean of the law school, provost, and eventually president. Gathered here are fourteen talks he delivered between 1963 and 1969 that include such topics as the role of the university; the purposes of undergraduate and liberal education, professional training, and graduate research; the relations between the university and its surroundings; and the causes of student unrest. Throughout these talks, the reader will find expressions of Levi’s essential belief that “the university must stand for reason and for persuasion by reasoning.”

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About the Author

Edward H. Levi (1911–2000) was attorney general of the United States from 1975 to 1977, president of the University of Chicago, and dean of the University of Chicago Law School. 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226474127
• ISBN 13: 9780226474120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194