On Being a Department Head, a Personal View

ISBN-13: 9780821806159 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 112 str.

John B. Conway;Etc.

Opis

For years, higher education prospered. It loudly proclaimed that college graduates command far greater lifetime incomes. Ample funding followed. We produced. But that argument has begun to sour. A college degree has long since stopped being a guarantee of prosperity or even job security. Society has begun to question its support for universities. In this environment, mathematicians and all academics must begin to change, compete, and seek resources that will be used with greater care. It is the only solution if we hope to maintain the integrity of the enterprise....