TY - BOOK ID - 78070383 TI - The work of the university PY - 2003 SN - 1281735094 9786611735098 0300135351 9780300135350 9780300100013 0300100019 9781281735096 6611735097 PB - New Haven DB - UniCat KW - Education, Higher KW - Aims and objectives KW - Yale University. KW - Yale College (1718-1887) KW - Universiṭat Yel KW - 耶鲁大学 KW - Ĭelʹskiĭ universitet KW - Йельский университет KW - Ĭelʹ (University) KW - Йель (University) KW - 378.4 <73 NEW HAVEN> KW - 378.4 <73 NEW HAVEN> Universiteiten--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW HAVEN KW - Universiteiten--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW HAVEN KW - Yale university. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78070383 AB - 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. ER -