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The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University First Edition

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Is the university a dinosaur: huge, lumbering, endearing in its own way, yet unsuited to today's world? Is it a thing of the past, unnecessary in an age of the Internet and online learning? In a book likely to provoke people who are loyal to the ideal of the university as well as those who foresee its demise, Frank H. T. Rhodes acknowledges that the university is an imperfect institution, but argues that it plays an essential role in modern society. In the process, he articulates strong opinions on a range of difficult issues.

The Creation of the Future is no defense or promotion of the status quo. Focusing on American research universities, Rhodes makes the case that they are an irreplaceable resource, quite literally a national and international treasure, whose value must be preserved through judicious renewal and reform, beginning with a rededication to teaching as a moral vocation.

Rhodes discusses where the research university is today and how it got here, as well as where it must go in the future. In the process, he addresses a wide range of contemporary challenges facing the institution, including

*why universities can no longer be "ivory towers"
*why post-tenure review of professors is desirable
*whether grading standards have become too lax
*why unionization of graduate students is inappropriate
*why affirmative action is necessary
*how governance and leadership can be improved
*how to maintain a sense of commitment to the university in the face of increasing disciplinary specialization
*why faculty must affirm that university membership has not only its privileges, but also its price.
*what should and should not be done to control the rapid rise in tuition.
*whether curricula of professional schools should be more heavily weighted toward the liberal arts.
*why service is a social obligation of all universities, not just land-grant institutions.
*why research is vital to effective teaching.

His eighteen-year tenure as president of Cornell University gives Rhodes a unique perspective on a system he finds both invaluable and in need of change. Although he is an enthusiastic advocate, he pulls no punches in recommending sweeping changes. The greatest catastrophe facing universities today, he writes, is loss of community: "Without community, knowledge becomes idiosyncratic. The lone learner, studying in isolation, is vulnerable to narrowness, dogmatism, and untested assumption; pursued in community, learning will be expansive and informed, contested by opposing interpretations, leavened by differing experience, and refined by alternative viewpoints."

In championing a new relevance for the American research university, Rhodes argues for renewal through the application of old virtues to new realities. Campus culture, he says, must embrace the human experience in all its richness, breadth, and ambiguity if it is to survive and thrive.

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  1. ISBN-10
    080143937X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0801439377
  3. Edition
    First Edition
  4. Publisher
    Cornell University Press
  5. Publication date
    October 15, 2001
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.06 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
  8. Print length
    288 pages
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  • Jonathan Brown
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Blueprint Not Just for the Research University
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2002
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    Frank Rhodes was a distinguished leader of higher education when he led Cornell. He set standards of excellence for institutions but equally he set standards that other presidents should follow - without personal agrandizement.
    He argues that this book is addressed to the AAU (American Association of Universities - the 50 top research universities) members - but that is not accurate. What he does in a concise and readable text is explain two things. First, he explains several issues that higher education rarely is able to explain in clear terms. Yet, he does it with grace and elegance. Second he offers a list of changes that would make higher education an even more important resource.
    If you are interested in higher education governance or finances or the contributions of research from universities - this is a good book for you. If you want to understand the role of the faculty, again this is a good resource.
    Steve Sample's book on Contrarian Leadership - is also excellent but focussed more on the leader. This covers, both leaders and institutions, without flinching from the tradition of shared governance. Compared to the post presidential books like Derek Bok's book on Affirmative Action or Jim Duderstadt's book on leadership - Rhodes book is much more useful and much more concise.
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  • Sanford Aranoff
    5.0 out of 5 stars Universities and high schools
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2011
    Yes, the above reviewers are correct. This is an excellent and important book. Without meaning to detract from anything said, there is one important omission. The focus of the book is solely on universities, graduate as well as undergraduate. Nowhere in the book are high schools mentioned. No mention is made for any responsibilities for professors to interact with high school students and teachers. We need to discuss this and institute changes. Due to the dichotomy between university and high school, many students enter college poorly prepared. Rhodes' only suggestion is that remedial courses should not be carried out by the university.

    The change that I feel necessary is for university professors to visit high schools, to spend a day acting like a substitute teacher, following the teacher's lesson plans, with the teacher observing. This will help the professor to understand the raw material that enters the university. It will help the teacher in better understanding the subject and how to present it. It will open students' minds to more questioning and understanding.

    My personal experiences in this I wrote in my book Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better: Things to Help Students Think and To Do Better in School and In Life.

    I tell my mathematics students to always start at the beginning. University educators need to look at where their students begin their intellectual development.

    Let us not forget that universities play an important role in developing rational thought, necessary for the survival of humanity. In recent decades it seems that Americans are losing rational thinking. Universities must focus on this. See Rational Thinking, Government Policies, Science, and Living. Rational thinking means starting from basic principles, applying logic, and checking with empirical verification. These are things univesities must develop in the new generation.
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