Symposium: The Future of the University
With author Jennifer Washburn and UCSB's Dean of Humanities David Marshall.
When: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, 3 p.m.
Where: McCune Conference Rm., HSSB 6020, UCSB, CA
Cost: Not available
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Lectures
Description: SYMPOSIUM: The Future of the University //
Jennifer Washburn (author of University Inc.), "University Inc.: Why Public Knowledge and Public Education Are At Risk" //
David Marshall (Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB), "The Plight of the Public Research University" //
Thursday, November 5 / 3:00 PM //
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB //
At a time when the California budget crisis has thrown the future of the University of California into question, it is appropriate to ask fundamental questions. Jennifer Washburn's book, University Inc., offered a prescient analysis of the project to turn the modern research university into a subsidiary of corporate America. UCSB Dean David Marshall is a national leader in making the case for value of the Arts and Humanities. The lectures and discussions of this IHC Symposium will start advance a discussion that is especially urgent in the present. What are the lessons of the past which will help us chart of the future of the research university? What kind of university do we want? What are the special challenges and opportunities of the public research university? Washburn and Marshall’s presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion. //
Sponsored by the IHC's Future of the University series.
Phone: 805-893-3137
Event posted Oct. 22, 2009
Last updated Oct. 22, 2009
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