The Rhythm of the University: Part One--Teaching, Learning, and Administering in the Whiteheadian Vein.

Presents the first of two articles examining Alfred North Whitehead's notion of the rhythm of the university, discussing the rhythm of teaching and learning, the importance of academic freedom to an imaginative faculty, and the relationship between Whitehead's own pedagogy and his considerable administrative practice. The paper's purpose is to show how his views enlarge the understanding of universities today. (Author/SM)