Precipice or Crossroads?

Precipice or Crossroads?Comprehensive treatment of the challenges faced by America's public research universities, and of what those challenges may mean for the nation. President Lincoln signed the Morrill Land grant Act in 1862, launching a nationwide project in public higher education that would build democracy, prosperity, and competitiveness to levels undreamed of 150 years ago. As student costs skyrocket, driven by steep drops in public funding, the viability of that

Scenarios demonstrating ethical dilemmas prepare students to appropriately respond to "gray area" situations

This book represents a synthesis of information from some of the top physicians in oncology that is not as easily accessed anywhere else

and then took on the world over the next century and beyond

Early intervention procedures for man-made and natural catastrophes

Radhakrishnan's thought developed in the context of his full life

and scandal in a nineteenth-century Long Island farm community

Lord Kames’ Elements of Criticism is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers

richly imbued with the complexities of gender and sexuality

Then a touch of what you call dyspepsia and I call laziness

The Inner House explores the social and ethical conflicts surrounding immortality

including information on developing a mission statement

It also contains reproductions of fifty-nine works of art used in the companion exhibition "Art of the Erie Canal