The American Research University from World War II to World Wide Web - Governments, the Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-university

Informationen zum Autor Charles M. Vest is President Emeritus and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is author of Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities and Holographic Interferometry. Zusammenfassung Forty years after Clark Kerr coined the term 'multiversity', the American research university has continued to evolve into a complex force for social and economic good. This volume explores the contemporary state of the research university system, offering a multifaceted view of the university at the beginning of a the century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Federal! State! and Local Governments Chapter 2. Industry! Philanthropy! and Universities: The Roles and Influences of the Private Sector in Higher Education Chapter 3. Openness of Education! Research! and Scholarly Communication in an Age of Globalization and Terrorism Chapter 4. The Emerging Global Meta-University: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Age of the Internet Notes Index

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• Authors: Charles M. Vest, Vest Charles M.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2007
• EAN: 9780520252530
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25253-0
• No. of pages: 127
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Clark Kerr Lectures on the Rol; The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Ducation in Society; The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Education in Society; The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Education in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher