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Title: The Winds of Freedom: Addressing Challenges to the University
Publisher: Yale University Press, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0300196911
ISBN 13: 9780300196917
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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As president of Stanford University Gerhard Casper established a reputation as a tireless forward-thinking advocate for higher education. His speeches renowned for their intelligence humanity wit and courage confront head-on the most pressing concerns facing our nation's universities.

From affirmative action and multiculturalism to free speech politics public service and government regulation Casper addresses the controversial issues currently debated on college campuses and in our highest courts. With insight and candor each chapter explores the context of these challenges to higher education and provides Casper's stirring orations delivered in response. In addressing these vital concerns Casper outlines the freedoms that a university must encourage and defend in the ongoing pursuit of knowledge.

About the Author

Gerhard Casper was president of Stanford University from 1992 to 2000. Currently he is a senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He lives in Atherton, CA.

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