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The making of the Australian National University : 1946-1996 /

The Australian National University has always been a university with a difference. Conceived in the mid-1940s to serve Australia's post-war needs for advanced research and postgraduate training, it quickly embraced the ideals and traditions of Oxford and Cambridge. Undergraduate teaching was in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foster, S. G. (Stephen Glynn), 1948-
Otros Autores: Varghese, Margaret M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preamble – From the beginnings to 1960 – The planners – The maestros – Pioneers – Research begins – Academic freedom and leadership – The College – From 1960 to the mid-1970s – Setting directions – Students – New initiatives – The ends of research – From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s – A new era – Change without growth – A new generation of planners – A new generation of students – From dark matter to the Roman family – The University in 1995 – The past and the future.