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How to Run a College
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Item Title How to Run a College
Guest Silber, John (1926-)
Guest Botstein, Leon
Guest Palms, John
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedAugust 29, 1991
Description

We learn more about the difficulties of running a college than about how it should be done in this engaging session that begins with Mr. Kinsley saying, "Mr. Buckley, you've persecuted any number of college presidents in your day . . ." WFB: "They are my favorite pincushions." ... JS: "I think the college president has about as much authority as he has the capacity to assert and sustain ... I think most college presidents assiduously avoid any intellectual argument with their faculty because I don't believe they can sustain that encounter." ... JP: "Unfortunately, we don't complete the education that we're supposed to complete in high schools, so many colleges are in the process of completing that." ... LB: "Beware of the world which is littered with so-called highly tested underachievers."

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedColumbia, South Carolina, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0908
Record Number80040.1160
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