The great American university : its rise to preeminence, its indispensable national role, why it must be protected /

"Americans and people throughout the world have become increasingly dependent on America's great research universities. Yet few of us truly understand to what we owe this extraordinary excellence or what we must do to keep it." "From the development of technologies like the laser...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Jonathan R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States.
Research and development projects > United States.
Academic freedom > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States.
Universités > États-Unis.
Projets de recherche et de développement > États-Unis.
Liberté de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Academic freedom
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Political aspects
Research and development projects
Universities and colleges
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise to preeminence. The idea of a university ; Coming of age in tumultuous times ; The path to greatness ; Building steeples of excellence ; In search of a golden age ; Growing pains
  • Discoveries that alter our lives. Finding a smoother pebble : a national system of innovation ; It began with a fly : genetics, genomics, and medical research ; buckyballs, bar codes, and GPS : our origins, our planet, our security and safety ; Nosce te ipsum : culture, society, and values
  • Facing challenges and looking forward. Academic freedom and free inquiry ; The enemy is us ; "Political" science ; Trouble in paradise?
  • Appendix . Top-ranked American research universities
  • Appendix B. An online source of information about university discoveries.

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