The University - - Inside Out
A Description of the Humor and Folly of Life on a College Campus
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About the Book
Dr. Nelson utilizes humor to describe some of the deep-seated problems that continue to perplex liberal arts colleges and universities. She points to the distortions in indiscretions that impact the educational process and then warp the purposes for higher education. By writing a compelling description of higher education through two decades, Dr. Nelson has emphasized and preserved the volatile, turbulent times of the 1960’s and early 1970’s in the California State University systems and addressed the conformity and compliance of the students in the late 1970’s.
She is intimately familiar with the conflicts between faculty and University administration, discord between university presidents and the Chancellor’s Office, and prejudice against various groups. Through humor, satire, description and intrigue, Dr. Nelson reveals the weaknesses in higher education.
About the Author
Dr. Nelson has been a Professor of Education and taught in the Schools of Education at two branches of the State Universities in California for many years. She was a Research Professor in the School of Medicine at Wright State University. She also had an appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Education at Antioch University. In addition, she was an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Wright State University and the University of Southern California. Dr. Nelson received her Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Education and her B.A. in English/Speech, which was conferred by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).