William G. Bowen (1933–2016)
Autor(a) de The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions
About the Author
William G. Bowen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 6, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in economics in 1955 from Denison University and a doctorate from Princeton University. The university hired him as an assistant professor and promoted him to full professor in 1965. He was the mostrar mais director of graduate studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton from 1964 to 1966. He was the president of the university from 1972 to 1988. While president, he pressed elite colleges to give preference to poor and minority applicants and oversaw the first admission of women to Princeton University. He wrote or co-wrote about two dozen books during his lifetime including The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, and The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values. His memoir, Lessons Learned: Reflections of a University President, was published in 2011. In 2012, he received the National Humanities Medal for putting "theories into practice" in economics and higher education. He died from colon cancer on October 20, 2016 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por William G. Bowen
The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (1998) 160 exemplares
Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education (Thomas Jefferson Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series) (2005) 43 exemplares
Locus of Authority: The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education (2015) 33 exemplares
Performing arts, the economic dilemma; a study of problems common to theater, opera, music, and dance (1966) 12 exemplares
Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences: A Study of Factors Affecting Demand and Supply, 1987 to 2012 (1989) 11 exemplares
The charitable nonprofits : an analysis of institutional dynamics and characteristics (1994) 8 exemplares
Economic aspects of education : three essays 2 exemplares
Unemployment in a prosperous economy; a report 2 exemplares
Associated Works
University libraries and scholarly communication : a study prepared for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1992) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Bowen, William Gordon
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-10-06
- Data de falecimento
- 2016-10-20
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Educação
- Princeton University (PhD|Economics|1958)
Denison University (1955) - Ocupações
- economist
university professor
university administrator - Organizações
- Princeton University
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Phyllis Franklin Award for Public Advocacy of the Humanities (2005)
National Humanities Medal (2012)
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- Obras
- 27
- Also by
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- Membros
- 635
- Popularidade
- #39,694
- Avaliação
- 3.2
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 55
- Marcado como favorito
- 1