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Changing the game : William G. Bowen and the challenges of American higher education
Title
Changing the game : William G. Bowen and the challenges of American higher education / Nancy Weiss Malkiel.
ISBN
9780691247816
0691247811
9780691247823
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource ( xxviii, 427 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2023).
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Print version: Malkiel, Nancy Weiss. Changing the game Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : "I have very serious doubts" about the Princeton presidency
From Wyoming to Princeton : "he will probably turn up as one of our leading university presidents"
Becoming provost : "somebody to handle a lot of important duties"
Using university governance to manage campus tensions : "a most astute capacity to judge what was needed"
New man in the president's office : "a juggler who keeps all the balls in the air"
Building intellectual muscle : "making Princeton stronger in terms of scholarship and teaching"
An initial failure : grappling with molecular biology, "the most exciting frontier of science we will see"
Inclusion
gender and race : "making the place much more inclusive in all respects"
Inclusion
religion and residential life : helping students "feel more included in the university"
Board of trustees : "there was never any broken glass on the floor"
Students : "cheer leader," "talent scout," and a complex legacy
Entr'acte : leaving Princeton for the Mellon Foundation
Mellon : "the pace of things, the excitement of things"
Shaping the Mellon agenda : "perfectly prepared to take on really bold things"
Books that helped define the agenda of American higher education
Director and trustee : "graced with a seemingly endless supply of practical wisdom"
"President-whisperer" : "a kind of switchboard for higher education"
The last decade : "as many good days as can be managed"
Afterword : the Bowen legacy.
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