Robert Maynard Hutchins



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Robert Maynard Hutchins

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born
in Brooklyn, The United States
January 17, 1899

died
May 17, 1977

gender
male

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genre
Professional & Technical, Educational Philosophy


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An educational philosopher, he was dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929), and president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago.

While he was president of the University of Chicago, Hutchins implemented wide-ranging and controversial reforms of the University, including the elimination of varsity football. The most far-reaching reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college. Although the substance of this Hutchins Plan was abandoned by the University shortly after Hutchins resigned in 1951, an adapted version of the program survives at Shimer C...more


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The Great Conversation: The...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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Great Books Of The Western ...
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4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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Gateway to the Great Books
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4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1963
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The Higher Learning in America
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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Great Books of the Western ...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1952
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No Friendly Voice
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions
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Great Books of the Western ...
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Some Observations on Americ...
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Quotes by Robert Maynard Hutchins

“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.”
― Robert Maynard Hutchins
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“Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.”
― Robert Maynard Hutchins, The Great Conversation: The Substance Of A Liberal Education
tags: books, education, reading
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“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ”
― Robert Maynard Hutchins
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