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Pursuing the endless frontier : essays on MIT and the role of research universities : essays /
The former president of MIT discusses challenges and policy issues confronting academia, science and technology, and the world at large. In his fourteen years as president of MIT, Charles Vest worked continuously to realize his vision of rebuilding America's trust in science and technology. In...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
MIT Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MIT: Shaping the future (Inaugural address, 10 May 1991)
- From the first year: MIT in national and international context (1990-1991)
- Excellence in an era of change and constraint (1991-1992)
- Embracing complexity, moving toward coherence (1992-1993)
- Higher education and the challenges of a new era (1993-1994)
- What we don't know (1994-1995)
- Bold ventures and opportunity for all? (1995-1996)
- Steward of the future: the evolving roles of academia, industry, and government (1996-1997)
- MIT: The path to our future (1997-1998)
- Three questions in search of answers (1998-1999)
- Disturbing the educational universe: universities in the digital age-dinosaurs or prometheans? (2000-2001)
- Response and responsibility: balancing security and openness in research and education (2001-2002)
- Moving on (2002-2004).