The Work of the University (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300100013)

From the vantage point of the president's office, an inspiring view of the challenges and responsibilities of a great university

This engaging collection of speeches and essays, published on the occasion of Richard C. Levin's tenth anniversary as president of Yale University, reflects both the range of his intellectual passions and the depth of his insight into the work of the university. By turns analytical, reflective, and exhortatory, Levin explores what it means to be a world-class university, how the university intersects with local and global communities, and why a liberal education matters. He offers personal recollections of schools, teachers, and traditions of particular importance in his own life. And, returning to his roots as a professor of economics, he discusses the competitiveness of American industry and the relations between the market economy and American democracy.

Throughout these writings Levin illuminates and inspires. Always his affection for the university shines through. Whether greeting incoming freshmen, meditating on September 11, remembering an intellectual hero, saluting graduating seniors, addressing the League of Women Voters, or celebrating Yale's Tercentennial, Levin, by example, shows what a liberal education can achieve.

Author: Richard C. Levin
ISBN-10: 0300100019
ISBN-13: 9780300100013
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2003
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.88w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2003 pg. 99