Publication

1997 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

77,500 words, Guess

Page Count

310 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveacademicduty00kenn
  • ISBN-100674002229
  • ISBN-139780674002227
  • Goodreads4552716
  • Library of Congress Control Number97013210
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Classifications

  • DDC378.73
  • LCCLA227.4 .K465 1997

Description

Donald Kennedy, the former president of Stanford University and currently a member of its faculty, has been at the front lines of the issues confounding the academy today. In this new book, he brings his experience and concern to bear on the present state of the university. He examines teaching, graduate training, research, and their ethical context in the research university. Aware of the numerous pressures that academics face, from the pursuit of open inquiry in the midst of culture wars, to confusion and controversy over the ownership of ideas, to the scramble for declining research funds and facilities, he explores the whys and wherefores of academic misconduct, be it scholarly, financial, or personal. Kennedy suggests that meaningful reform cannot take place until more rigorous standards of academic responsibility - to students, the university, and the public - are embraced by both faculty and the administration.

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Other Editions

  • Academic dutyHarvard University Press1997-01-01

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