Dignity, discourse, and destiny: the life of Courtney C. Smith
Childhood -- Harvard, Oxford, and marriage -- In the Navy -- Return to education : Princeton -- The Woodrow Wilson Program years -- Swarthmore College at mid-century -- Swarthmore looks for Courtney -- Inauguration -- The case for the liberal arts college -- Faculty -- "There is strength-- in h...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Delaware Press
2004
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| In: | Jahr: 2004 |
| Rezensionen: | Dignity, Discourse, and Destiny: The Life of Courtney C. Smith (review) (2006) (Hamm, Thomas D.)
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Smith, Courtney C (Courtney Craig) (1916-)
B College presidents (United States) Biography B Swarthmore College Presidents Biography B Bibliografie |
| Zusammenfassung: | Childhood -- Harvard, Oxford, and marriage -- In the Navy -- Return to education : Princeton -- The Woodrow Wilson Program years -- Swarthmore College at mid-century -- Swarthmore looks for Courtney -- Inauguration -- The case for the liberal arts college -- Faculty -- "There is strength-- in having a variety of sources of support" : funding the liberal arts tradition -- Networks of support and service : behind the presidency -- "Nature shaped to advantage" : preserving campus viability -- Student activism : "to care about social justice" -- Two decades of student life at Swarthmore -- "Personal things" -- Administration of a college -- The final year -- Conclusion |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-242) and index |
| ISBN: | 0874138337 |