"Superb. . . . Rosovsky has written an important book—probing, wise, shrewd, fair. . . . Deserves to be widely read." —James O. Freeman, Washington Post

Drawing on eleven years as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Henry Rosovsky offers a wise and witty view of America's colleges and universities, how they are run and the challenges they face, with special consideration to each of their "owners"—students, faculty, alumni, trustees, and others. He includes advice for hard-pressed administrators on answering awkward questions, asking for money, and other useful skills.

"An extraoridnary gift for discerning major issues. . . . Mr. Rosovsky tackles the big public issues about postsecondary education today—curriculum and the dread canonicity, tenure with its potential stagnation, research versus teaching, the admissions process in elite institutions—in set pieces that are unfailingly informative." —Linda Bradley Salamon, New York Times Book Review

Contributing Authors Include Margaret Albright, Alan Birch, Gustav Ranis, And Arthur Cole.

Contributing Authors Include Talcott Parsons, Neil J. Smelser, Richard M. Westebbe, Lawrence Olson, Walther Kirchner, And Fritz Redlich.

Contributing Authors Include John B. Rae, John R. Meyer, Hilho Niitemaa, And H. L. Kleinfield.

Contributing Authors Include Rondo E. Cameron, Richard E. Quandt, Doris Elizabeth King, Fritz Redlich, Henry Rosovsky, And Stanley Rothman.

Contributing Authors Include John B. Rae, John R. Meyer, Hilho Niitemaa, H. L. Kleinfield, And Many Others.

In Favourites of Fortune a galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, enterpreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.