2007 Frederic W. Ness Book Award.James Engell and Anthony Dangerfield are the recipients of the 2007 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for Saving Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. in the Age of Money, an analysis of the growing influence of money on educational priorities. The Ness award is given annually for the book that best illuminates the goals and practices of a contemporary liberal education. James Engell is professor of English and comparative literature, and chair of the Department of English Noun 1. department of English - the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature English department academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject and American Literature American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in and Language at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Anthony Danger-field, a writer and actor, has taught at Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University. |
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