... 29. university governance and autonomy Who Decides What in the University a. kenneth pye A recurring issue in academic life is...

... Invited to speak at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Richard Brodhead gave a lecture on interconnected knowledge and the twenty-first-century university. lecture at tsing­hua university, beijing Interconnected Knowledge and the Twenty-First-­ ­Century University...

... The Duke University Medical Center when Ralph Snyderman took over as Chancellor of Health Affairs in 1989 was a well-recognized academic medical center, a sprawling, complex, and large academic, clinical, and educational institution. But, like similar institutions with the development of managed...

... The birth of the Duke University Health System (DUHS) is perhaps the marquee achievement of Dr. Snyderman’s 15-year tenure. As the system of referrals to Duke University Hospital specialists came undone as a consequence of managed care, Dr. Snyderman recognized that a new “hub and spoke” system...

... 5 Stanley Hauerwas THE PATHOS OF THE UNIVERSITY The Case of Stanley Fish Setting the Stage There are two questions seldom asked by the faculty and admin- istrators of universities: ‘‘What are universities for and ‘‘Who do they serve There are, no doubt...

... 12 Romand Coles HUNGER, ETHICS, AND THE UNIVERSITY A Radical Democratic Goad in Ten Pieces This is an immoderate essay, forged at once in the flames of a radical democratic ethos and a deep suspicion regarding a sub- stantial portion of what is called ‘‘moral...

... 14 J. Donald Moon THE POSSIBILITY OF MORAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY TODAY Both students and faculty today tend to be skeptical about the possibility of moral education. Indeed, one sometimes suspects that there is little consensus about the objectives of...

... 16 Michael Allen Gillespie PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS Sports and Ethical Training in the American University When we think of ethical training at colleges and universities, we most likely think of one of four things: the study of ethics in the classroom, the modeling...

... PART II Duke University Addresses Opening Convocation Address 26 August 1993 Like most of you, I have only recently arrived at Duke, and I’ve been learning my way around. I’ve discovered that it’s easy to find the Chapel, but not much...

...The University in the Twenty-first Century Centennial Celebration Panel, Stanford University, 15 May 1987 Stanford University sets formidable tasks for people who care about it: first the biggest fund-raising campaign in the history of the world, $1.1 billion, and...

...The Mission of the Research University University faculties and administrators are notoriously dubious about mission statements. How can something as pluralistic, as multifaceted, as wondrously complex as a modern university have a clear-cut mission? The term is redolent...

...Moral Education in the Modern University Address to the Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 8 November 1996 Colleges and universities assert that we are engaged in educat- ing leaders for our nation...

...The University of the Future The Forest at Duke Lecture, 16 February 1996 It’s a privilege and a pleasure for me to be here with you today. I know that many Duke alumni and parents are residents of the Forest, and that many more of you became...

... Susan Costanzo Conventional Melodrama, Innovative Theater, and a Melodramatic Society Pavel Kohout’s SuchaLoveat the Moscow University Student Theater In preparation for a recent trip to Moscow, I asked a colleague...

... part ii The Managerial Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rise of University Management...

... Four. Sergio’s Blood Student Struggles from the University to the Streets Student, a great heart in your chest, your homeland Venezuela...

...A university chapel has a number of occasions that one finds on no other church’s liturgical calendar. Duke Chapel celebrates Opening Sunday (when the school year begins), the Last Sunday of the School Year (when the school year ends), and Founders’ Sunday (when the university pauses to remember...

... is the enemy, not the beloved friend. A Sermon at Duke University October 15, 1995 david g. buttrick Jeremiah 29:4–9 Here is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the leaders of the exiles, to the priests and the...

... 1 The Origins of the University Idea at Trinity College ~ HEN THE TRUSTEES OF Trinity College named John Franklin "WCrowell as president of the small, struggling...

... 3 Crisis in University Governance OVERNANCE became the most critical problem facing Duke Uni• Gversity late in 1930. A small difference of opinion about tuition increases preceded but did not cause the real trouble. As...