Papers presented at the Conference on the Role of the University Professor in Contemporary Society, held at the University of Rome in June 1989.
Includes bibliographical references.
Challenges met, challenges facing the modern American American [sic] university and its faculty / Clifton F. Conrad, Eugene P. Trani -- Education for every American worker / Joseph M. Murphy -- Socioeconomics of the college curriculum / David E. Lavin -- Faculty governance / Carol J. Guardo -- Momentum, not miracles / Peter J. Cayan -- Idealistic and pragmatic reasons for the importance of faculty research and scholarship / Judith A. Sturnick -- Faculty as boundary spanners / William R. Monat -- Partnerships with business challenge traditional college roles / Robert A. Scott -- Faculty role in maintenance of professions and promotion of the arts / Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Faculty community service / John C. Unrue