Living on the Diagonal and Other Selected Writings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781484167182)

William G. Durden, president of Dickinson College from 1999 to 2013, was previously a member of the German department at the Johns Hopkins University, executive director of the Center for Talented Youth and a senior education consultant to the U.S. Department of State. He has advised various U.S. ambassadors on educational issues and serves on several international educational boards. Durden has published and spoken widely on such topics as literary criticism, gifted and talented education, foreign-language study, technology and instruction, U.S. and international education policy and theory, leadership and democracy in education. He received his undergraduate degree from Dickinson in German and philosophy and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in German language and literature from Johns Hopkins.