Newfield, noted university scholar, to give talk for Oct. 19 Faculty Senate event

Chris Newfield has written extensively on the history and place of the modern American university

October 12, 2017
Staff Report
Chris Newfield flyer for Faculty Senate event

See Chris Newfield Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater

Newfield, noted university scholar, to give talk for Oct. 19 Faculty Senate event

Chris Newfield has written extensively on the history and place of the modern American university

October 12, 2017
Staff Report

See Chris Newfield Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater

Chris Newfield flyer for Faculty Senate event

See Chris Newfield Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater

Chris Newfield, a professor of literature and American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will be the featured speaker for the Faculty Senate's fall speaker event on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater. A reception will be held immediately following Newfield's talk from 5-6 p.m. in JCSU Room 324.

Newfield will speak on the subject, "Public Universities: A Path Out of Continuing Crisis." He is author of several books, including, "Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class," as well as "Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980."

The event is listed in the University Calendar, on the Faculty Senate website and on the Faculty Senate Facebook page.

October 12, 2017
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