{"product_id":"speaking-of-duke-leading-the-twenty-first-century-university-hardback-9780822368847","title":"Speaking of Duke; Leading the Twenty-First-Century University (Hardback) 9780822368847","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpeaking of Duke\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLeading the Twenty-First-Century University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard H. Brodhead (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822368847\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOver 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Duke\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these essays, Brodhead shows a university thinking its way forward through challenges all institutes of higher education have faced in the twenty-first century, including an expanding global horizon, an economic downturn that has left a diminished sense of opportunity and a shaken faith in the value of liberal arts education, and pressure to think more deeply about issues of equity and inclusion. His audiences range from newly arrived freshmen and new graduates-both facing uncertainty about how to build their future lives-to seasoned faculty members. On other occasions, he makes the case to the general public for the enduring importance of the humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What results is a portrait of Duke University in its modern chapter and the social and political climate that it shapes and is shaped by. While these speeches were given on official occasions, they are not impersonal official pronouncements; they are often quite personal and written with grace, humor, and an unwavering belief in the power of education to shape a changing world for the better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brodhead notes that it is an underappreciated fact that a great deal of the exercise of power by a university leader is done through speaking: by articulating the aspirations of the school and the reasons for its choices, and by voicing the shared sense of mission that gives a learning community its reality. \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Duke\u003c\/i\u003e accomplishes each of those and demonstrates Brodhead's conviction that higher education is more valuable now than ever.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface  ix\u003cbr\u003e 2003\u003cbr\u003e Remarks on Being Named President of Duke University  1\u003cbr\u003e 2004\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: Authoring a Community  5\u003cbr\u003e Graduate and Professional Convocation: The Virtues and Limits of Specialization  12\u003cbr\u003e Inaugural Address: More Day to Dawn  19\u003cbr\u003e Remarks at the Induction Ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Literature as Life  29\u003cbr\u003e 2005\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: On Education and Empowerment  32\u003cbr\u003e Founders' Day Address: On Founding as a Continuous Labor  37\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address: Financial Aid, the Problem-centric University  44\u003cbr\u003e 2006\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the University Strategic Plan, Making A Difference: Duke and the Changing Landscape: A Planning Prologue  53\u003cbr\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e Commencement Address at Fisk University  60\u003cbr\u003e Fresman Convocation: The Ethic of Engagement  64\u003cbr\u003e Lessons of Lacrosse  71\u003cbr\u003e 2008\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: Frolics and Detours  75\u003cbr\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: Advancing in a Recession  80\u003cbr\u003e In Memoriam: John Hope Franklin  85\u003cbr\u003e 2010\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address: The University and the Financial Downturn  88\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: Walk Ten Thousand Miles, Read Ten Thousand Books  98\u003cbr\u003e 2011\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address: Budgets, International Opportunities, the Humanities  103\u003cbr\u003e In Memoriam: Reynolds Price  113\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: On the Use of New Freedoms  115\u003cbr\u003e John Tyler Caldwell Lecture on the Humanities: The Fire That Never Goes Out  119\u003cbr\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e In Memoriam: Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans  127\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address: Duke and Race  130\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: Repairing the Broken World  139\u003cbr\u003e 2013\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: Connecting and Disconnecting  144\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Stephen Colbert, \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e  148\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: Receive, Connect, Engage  153\u003cbr\u003e Remarks at the Opening of the Center on Sexual and Gender Diversity  157\u003cbr\u003e Presidential Address, The College Board Forum: The Value Debate in Higher Education  161\u003cbr\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e Lecture at Tsinghua University, Beijing: Interconnected Knowledge and the Twenty-First-Century University  172\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address\u003cbr\u003e Leadership Transitions, Rebuilding the Campus, the Role of Philanthropy  183\u003cbr\u003e Commencement Address at Miami Dade College: Opportunity Changes Everything  194\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: On Comfort True and False  201\u003cbr\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Address: Chocies That Made Duke-Medicine, Athletics, Durham  205\u003cbr\u003e Remarks at a Community Forum on a Racial Incident  216\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: Constructing Duke  220\u003cbr\u003e Keynote Address, Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the National Endowment for the Humanties: On the Fate and Fortunes of Public Goods  225\u003cbr\u003e 2016\u003cbr\u003e Baccalaureate: I Learn by Going Where I Have to Go  237\u003cbr\u003e Freshman Convocation: Citizens of Duke  242\u003cbr\u003e Index  247\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580195369240,"sku":"9780822368847","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/speaking-of-duke-leading-the-twenty-first-century-university-hardback-9780822368847","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}