Research Catalog

Title

Ferment in education; the problems, responsibilities, and opportunities of universities in this time; a symposium at the installation of George Dinsmore Stoddard as President of the University of Illinois.

Author

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

Publication

Urbana, Univ. of Illinois Press, 1948.

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Details

Additional Authors

Stoddard, George D. (George Dinsmore), 1897-1981.

Description

224 pages portraits; 28 cm

Subject

• 1945-1964
• Education, Higher > 1945-1964
• Education, Higher

Contents

[1.] Ferment in education / George D. Stoddard -- [2.] The sobering problems of education: Science, education, and the future of man / Anton J. Carlson -- The education we need / Robert M. Hutchins -- The terrible responsibility of the teacher / Archibald MacLeish -- [3.] The race between education and catastrophe: Science in war and peace / James B. Conant -- The source of a nation's strength / Omar N. Bradley -- Low cost peace / Charles Luckman -- [4.] Challenge to the health sciences: The meaning of cancer research / R.R. Spencer -- The broader implications of ageing / E.V. Cowdry -- Medical implications of atomic research / Austin M. Brues -- New horizons in dental research / C.J. Van Slyke -- The dental school of tomorrow / Harlan H. Horner -- Pharmaceutical education and industrial research / George D. Beal -- [5.] Educational responsibilities of the University of Illinois: A new era in education / Dwight H. Green -- The meaning of public education / Coleman R. Griffith -- A liberal education for medicine / Andrew C. Ivy -- A forward look / George D. Stoddard -- [6.] The installation: The ceremonies -- Excerpts from greeting -- Officials and delegates -- Committees.

ISBN

• 0836921542
• 9780836921540

LCCN

48002611

OCLC

• ocm00776379
• 776379
• SCSB-742350

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library