Colleges and universities over the centuries have been looked upon as ivory towers-remote from the turmoil of the surrounding world, a place for study and contemplation, a refuge for young persons to learn and mature before entering the real world of conflicts and temptations, a sanctuary for thought, a shelter against greed and other worldly concerns, an asylum from control by establishment authorities and thus a vantage point from which to criticize those authorities.
An edition of The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967: Volume Two
(2003)
The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967: Volume Two
Political Turmoil
1 edition
by Clark Kerr and Clark Kerr
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The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967: Volume Two: Political Turmoil: A Personal Memoir of the University of California 1949-1967
Feb 24, 2003, University of California Press
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The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967: Volume Two: Political Turmoil
February 24, 2003, University of California Press
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"Colleges and universities over the centuries have been looked upon as ivory towers-remote from the turmoil of the surrounding world, a place for study and contemplation, a refuge for young persons to learn and mature before entering the real world of conflicts and temptations, a sanctuary for thought, a shelter against greed and other worldly concerns, an asylum from control by establishment authorities and thus a vantage point from which to criticize those authorities."
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