The Uses of the University(5th Edition) Fifth Edition (The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen) by ClarkKerr Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2001 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00532-7, ISBN: 0-674-00532-5
" America's university president extraordinaire adds a new chapter and preface to The Uses of the University, probably the most important book on the modern university ever written. This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Leaders of institutions of higher learning can ..."
2 The Gold and the Blue, Volume Two: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Political Turmoil by ClarkKerr, Marian L. Gade, Maureen Kawaoka, Neil J. Smelser Hardcover, 458 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-23641-7, ISBN: 0-520-23641-6
""The Los Angeles Times" called the first volume of "The Gold and the Blue" 'a major contribution to our understanding of American research universities'. This second of two volumes continues the story of one of the last century's most influential figures in higher education. A leading visionary, architect, leader, and fighter for the University of California, Clark Kerr was chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and preside ..."
"Containing 23 original essays, this volume reviews the course of labour economics over more than two centuries since the publication of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations". It fully examines the contending theories, changing environmental contexts, evolving issues, and varied policies affecting labour's participation in the economy. Beginning with George P. Schultz, who provides the foreword, the contributors are among the most distinguish ..."
"One of the last century's most influential figures in higher education, Clark Kerr was a leading visionary, architect, leader, and fighter for the University of California. Chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and president of the university from 1958 to 1967, Kerr saw the university through its golden years - a time of both great advancement and great conflict. This absorbing memoir is an intriguing insider's account of ..."
Marshall, Marx and Modern Times The Multi-Dimensional Society (Cambridge South Asian Studies [No. 9]) by ClarkKerr Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1970 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-07665-4, ISBN: 0-521-07665-X
"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..."
"Issues for the Twenty-First Century Clark Kerr, Marian L. Gade, Maureen
Kawaoka. 5. ... and William S. Korn, The American Freshman, Twenty-five Year
Trends, 1966-1990 [Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, University
of California, Los Angeles, ... Daniel Bell, "By Whose Right," in Power and
Authority, ed."
The Guardians Boards of Trustees of American Colleges and Universities : What They Do and How Well They Do It by ClarkKerr, Marian L. Gade Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 1989 by Assn Governing Boards ISBN-13: 978-0-926508-00-2, ISBN: 0-926508-00-8
"He sharpens distinctions, avoids guff, and soberly describes what is new, challenging, precarious and perilous about the actual tasks and operations of a great university."
The Uses of the University(4th Edition) Fourth Edition by ClarkKerr Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1995 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-93172-5, ISBN: 0-674-93172-6
"America's university president extraordinaire adds a new chapter and preface to The Uses of the University, probably the most important book on the modern university ever written. This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Leaders of institutions of higher learning can be ei ..."
"Clark Kerr, one of the nation's foremost educators and commentators on the educational scene, examines emerging problems that he predicts will influence the near future of higher education. These include the quality of undergraduate education; ethics, both as a subject and as practiced by the professoriate; the racial crisis, including the dilemma of how to provide access to underserved minority groups; and competition for recognition a ..."
"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..."
The Gold and the Blue, Volume Two A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949 1967, Political Turmoil by ClarkKerr Digital, Published 2003 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-92953-1, ISBN: 0-520-92953-5
The Gold and the Blue, Volume One A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Academic Triumphs by ClarkKerr 573 Pages, Published 2001 by Univ Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-92501-4, ISBN: 0-520-92501-7
"It included the national and state anti-Communist hysteria that was a product of
the Cold War after World War II; the rise of student rebellions worldwide that had
many sources of origin and many epicenters with one of them at Berkeley; and
the conservative backlash that subsequently engulfed California and the nation.
The ivory tower of old was being battered and beaten. For a time, it was black
and blue instead of shining ivory. ..."
"6 (September 1979): 23-27; also Derek C. Bok, "Can Ethics Be Taught?" Change
8, no. 9 (October 1976): 26-30. 3. Much as presidents may seek to avoid the "
ethical dimensions" of campus life: "Most presidents would not recognize an
ethical dilemma if it hit them broadside. Perhaps their need to survive in order to
succeed numbs the troubled conscience" (Harold L. Enarson, "The Ethical
Imperative of the College Presidency," Educationa ..."
Dilemmas of Leadership(1st Edition) Decision Making and Ethics in the Community College (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education) by George B. Vaughan, ClarkKerr Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1992 by Jossey-Bass ISBN-13: 978-1-55542-468-8, ISBN: 1-55542-468-6
"Leading authorities on community colleges examine the sources of ethical tensions and conflicts in this complex decision-making environment and offer valuable recommendations for resolving these dilemmas. This book illustrates decision-making processes based on ethical considerations in a wide range of areas--from curriculum and student services to monitoring governing boards and selecting a college president."
"The American system of higher education helped, in however small a way, to
make it possible for Barbara Jordan and Jimmy Carter to come from opposite
sides of a segregated society to support the development of an integrated nation.
May I note that the great enduring societies of past history survived, in part, by
drawing talent from all parts of their societies. Those that developed a "universal"
aspect, to use a phrase of Toynbee, ..."