Reclaiming a Lost Heritage: Land Grant & Other Higher Education Initiatives for the Twenty-first Century [Paperback]

John R. Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 1998

Land-grant and other higher education is the focus of Reclaiming a Lost Heritage; the value of —indeed, the necessity for— education in a society that embraces democracy and free enterprise. With public support of higher education on the wane, this book revisits the past and examines the longstanding mandate that has for over a century served as the guiding compass for land-grant institutions’ unwavering commitment to serve the fundamental needs of each and every citizen.
     John Campbell evaluates significant developments, as well as exciting opportunities, for revitalizing the land-grant university system to serve the public responsively and responsibly. He issues a clarion challenge to this nation’s political leaders to return to the fundamental tenets that have always buttressed the land-grant system, as we continue fulfill the rational initiatives for higher education prescribed for the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

John R. Campbell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri; Dean Emeritus at the University of Illinois; and President Emeritus at Oklahoma State University where he retired in 1999 after serving as president from 1988-93 and president emeritus from 1993-99. In addition to his presidency, Dr. Campbell served as a professor of animal science at Oklahoma State. He has taught at three land-grant universities and has lectured on various topics at more than 70 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Campbell is the author or co-author of several books and was recognized as a distinguished teacher by both the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and the American Dairy Science Association in 1973. He was named an Outstanding Educator of America in 1975 and received Gamma Sigma Delta's International Award for Distinguished Service to Agriculture in 1985. In 1977, Dr. Campbell became associate dean for resident instruction and, in 1983, dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Product Details

• Paperback: 269 pages
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press; 2nd edition (July 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087013499X
• ISBN-13: 978-0870134999
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,506,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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