Point of View: Talks on Education

By Edward H. Levi

Book Overview

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. "

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226474127
• ISBN13: 9780226474120
• Release Date: October 1974
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"