The Uses of the University: Fifth Edition

Clark Kerr

ISBN 10: 0674005325 / ISBN 13: 9780674005327

Published by Harvard University Press, 2001

About this Item

This edition brings the research university into the 21st century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Kerr gives five general points of advice on what kinds of attitudes universities should adopt.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Uses of the University: Fifth Edition
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674005325
• ISBN 13: 9780674005327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

America's university president extraordinaire adds a new chapter and preface to The Uses of the University, probably the most important book on the modern university ever written. This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century.

The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Leaders of institutions of higher learning can be either hedgehogs or foxes in the new age. Kerr gives five general points of advice on what kinds of attitudes universities should adopt. He then gives a blueprint for action for foxes, suggesting that a few hedgehogs need to be around to protect university autonomy and the public weal.

About the Author

Clark Kerr was President Emeritus and former Chancellor and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the former Chair of the Carnegie Commission (and later Council) on Higher Education, and the former Chair and Director of the National Commission on Strengthening Presidential Leadership under the auspices of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.