1st Edition
Clark Kerr's University of California Leadership, Diversity, and Planning in Higher Education
By Cristina Gonzalez
Copyright 2011
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr's vision of the "multiversity," as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University , and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr's use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the... Read more
I: Exploring Clark Kerr’s Thinking; 1: Hedgehogs and Foxes; 2: Leadership Styles; 3: The Ingredients of The Uses of the University; 4: Language and Vision in The Uses of the University; 5: Diversity and Inclusiveness in The Uses of the University; 6: The Plot of The Uses of the University; II: History of American Higher Education; 7: The Strands of History; 8: The Hinge of History; III: History of the University of California; 9: The Hedgehog Concept; 10: The Trouble with Hedgehogs; 11: Foxes to the Rescue; 12: Fox Fatigue; 13: The Collapse of Fox Culture; IV: Looking for the Clark Kerrs of the Future; 14: Opportunity for Equality; 15: Leadership Renewal; 16: Succession Planning; Conclusion: The Roads Ahead; Epilogue
Biography
Cristina Gonzalez
