100 semesters my adventures as student, professor, and university president, and what I learned along the way / William M. Chace.

Author/creator Chace, William M.
Other author EBSCO Publishing (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionviii, 354 p. ; 25 cm.
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Variant title One hundred semesters
Contents I knew exactly what I was doing -- Haverford: the guilty reminder -- And all will be well -- The readiness is all -- Berkeley: thoroughly unready -- The discipline of literature -- A new kind of proletariat -- Going south -- Reading in jail -- Poetry and politics -- The storehouse of knowledge -- Unfolding the origami of teaching -- Tenure and its discontents -- Tenure tested -- Teaching and its discontents -- The English department in disarray -- Why join the administration? -- Exchanging reflection for action -- Diversity university -- Marching to a different drummer -- The puzzle of leadership -- Looking at success; looking at failure -- Learning and then leaving -- A school with aspirations -- Being a proprietor -- Real power and imaginary power -- "A king of infinite space."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2006000727
ISBN0691127255 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691127255 (hardcover : alk. paper)