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A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark C. Taylor is Professor of Religion, chair of the Department of Religion and codirector of the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University; Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Union Theological Seminary; and Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Williams College. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and a PhD in Religion from Harvard University, and was the first foreigner to be awarded a Doktorgrad in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. His many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the University of Helsinki’s Rector’s Medal and Wesleyan University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In 1995, the Carnegie Foundation named him National Professor of the Year for his use of technology to advance higher education. His most recent books include Field Notes from Elsewhere: Reflections on Dying and Living, After God, Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World Without Redemption and Mystic Bones. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and New York City.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Taylor, Mark C., [date]
Crisis on campus : a bold plan for reforming our colleges and universities / Mark C. Taylor.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-59460-0
1. Education, Higher—United States. 2. Educational
change—United States. I. Title.
LA227.4.T39 2010
378.72—dc22 2010001565
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