The instrumental university : education in service of the national agenda after World War II /

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"[This] book shows how, in the post-World War II period, elite research universities moved away from their founding ideals and instead portrayed themselves as instruments for spurring economic development and solving social problems"--

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schrum, Ethan D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States > History > 20th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 20th century.
Educational change > United States > History > 20th century.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Universités > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
EDUCATION / Higher
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Educational change.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
History.
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