Bibliograph

Seeking the North Star, selected speeches, by John R. Silber ; with a foreword by Tom Wolfe

Type

Label

Seeking the North Star, selected speeches, by John R. Silber ; with a foreword by Tom Wolfe

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Seeking the North Star

Oclc number

849211191

Responsibility statement

by John R. Silber ; with a foreword by Tom Wolfe

Sub title

selected speeches

Table Of Contents

The pollution of time -- A tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The humanities, the crucible of higher education -- The tremble factor -- The thicket of law and the marsh of conscience -- Generations on generations -- The myth of overqualification -- Democracy: its counterfeits and its promise -- By the rivers of Babylon -- The next parish over -- The university and the defense of freedom -- Stretching the envelope -- Seeking the North Star -- Parents' convocation -- Multiculturalism true and false -- Obedience to the unenforceable -- The need for honesty in confronting history -- Character education East and West -- Such stuff as dreams are made on -- Drinking the sun of Corinth -- Procedure or dogma: the core of liberalism -- Roadblocks to education reform -- Education and spiritual formation -- Ethics and corporate responsibility -- Life is a series of surprises -- Science vs. scientism -- The choices are ours

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