More than personal memoir, Donald Kennedy's story is not only a chronicle of watershed years in the history of Stanford University, but also a reflection on academia's perennial concerns.
The story builds from his childhood and family in New England through mentors at Harvard to reflections on his early years at Stanford.
What is the scope of a teacher's responsibilities? What is the proper balance between research and teaching? How far can a professor of literature stretch activism and fr.
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