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A collection of essays on the role of higher education in society.

Table of Contents
  • Harry Huntt Ransom: Biographical Sketch
  • Preface
  • The Conscience of the University
  • The Steel Glass of Education
  • Varieties of Ignorance
  • Educational Resources in Texas
  • Education and the Electric Clock
  • Students in the Singular
  • The Rediscovery of Teaching
  • Teaching and Research
  • Personality and Impersonality in Academic Life
  • The Arts of Uncertainty
  • News and Truth
  • The Educations of a Doctor
  • The Collection of Knowledge in Texas
  • The Public Library and Private Welfare
  • The Collector and Copyright
  • Fact and Artifact: Memory and Understanding
  • University Presses
  • Development of Research Collections at The University of Texas

The Conscience of the University and Other Essays

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/1982
      ISBN13: 9781477304709, 978-1477304709
      ISBN10: 1477304703

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of essays on the role of higher education in society.

      Table of Contents
      • Harry Huntt Ransom: Biographical Sketch
      • Preface
      • The Conscience of the University
      • The Steel Glass of Education
      • Varieties of Ignorance
      • Educational Resources in Texas
      • Education and the Electric Clock
      • Students in the Singular
      • The Rediscovery of Teaching
      • Teaching and Research
      • Personality and Impersonality in Academic Life
      • The Arts of Uncertainty
      • News and Truth
      • The Educations of a Doctor
      • The Collection of Knowledge in Texas
      • The Public Library and Private Welfare
      • The Collector and Copyright
      • Fact and Artifact: Memory and Understanding
      • University Presses
      • Development of Research Collections at The University of Texas

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