cover image The University: An Owner's Manual

The University: An Owner's Manual

Henry Rosovsky. W. W. Norton & Company, $18.95 (312pp) ISBN 978-0-393-30783-2

The liberal arts curriculum is praised, the tenure system defended and teaching's hazards and rewards accounted for in this guide by a Harvard economics professor and former campus administrator. ``An uneasy mix of self-congratulatory personal memoir, college admissions guide for students and parents, and vigorous defense of American higher education,'' said PW. (June)