Speaking of Duke: Leading the Twenty-First-Century University

by Richard H. Brodhead

Book Overview

Over the course of his thirteen years as president of Duke University, Richard H. Brodhead spoke at numerous university ceremonies, community forums, and faculty meetings, and even appeared on The Colbert Report . Speaking of Duke collects dozens of these speeches, in which Brodhead speaks both to the special character and history of Duke University and to the general state of higher education. In these essays, Brodhead shows a university thinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822368846
• ISBN13: 9780822368847
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"