Farewell the Ivory Tower: Universities in Transition 9780773592575

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English Pages [126] Year 1970

Farewell the Ivory Tower: Universities in Transition
9780773592575

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J.A. Corry

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction by J. E. Hodgetts
The University and Social Change
The Rise of University Staff Associations
The University in the Modern State
The University and the Canadian Community
Higher Education in Federal-Provincial Relations
The University and Student Initiative
University Education: Prospect and Priorities
Cooperation in Graduate Studies in Ontario Universities
Universities, Government, and the Public
Anxious Concern, Vague Unease
Crisis in Teaching
Canadian Universities: From Private Domain to Public Utility
University Government

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