University builder : Edgar Odell Lovett and the founding of the Rice Institute /
Rice University, one of America's preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871?1957). University Builder is the fascinating story of this extraordinary educator and the unique school he created. Widely acknow...
| Основен автор: | Boles, John B. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge, La. :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2007.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=271086 |
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Print version::
University builder. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Dual Beginnings; CHAPTER TWO: Farewell to Princeton; CHAPTER THREE: The Grand Tour; Illustrations; CHAPTER FOUR: The Launching of the New University; CHAPTER FIVE: Academic Administration in Peacetime and War; CHAPTER SIX: Steadying the Course in the Roaring Twenties; CHAPTER SEVEN: Confronting the Great Depression; CHAPTER EIGHT: War, Stress, Change, and Promise; CHAPTER NINE: Full Circle: Retirement, Transition, Renewed Momentum; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V.