George Whalley, A Place of Liberty: Essays on the government of Canadian Universities

Michael DiSanto (Algoma University College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Domains

Education

Dates

First circulation or publication 1964

Places

Canada (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Essay Collection

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A Place of Liberty: Essays on the government of Canadian Universities

is a collection of eleven essays that explore questions regarding the life of a modern university, its purpose and structure, its relationship with society, the powers of its different committees and governing bodies, and the relationships among the faculty, students, administrators, and bureaucrats of which it is comprised. Taken as a whole, the several threads in the arguments made by the different writers persuade readers to see the university as an institution with a distinctive character, which is not comparable to anything in business or industry, because it is responsible for the pursuit of ever-enlarging truth. The authors agree this makes corporate structures of governance in which the faculty members have…

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Citation: DiSanto, Michael. "A Place of Liberty: Essays on the government of Canadian Universities". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35208, accessed 23 November 2024.]