The research university in a time of discontent
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The research university in a time of discontent
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
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Expanded version of Daedulus, v. 122, no. 4, proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Includes index
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Description
The drastically changed climate in which research universities and other institutions of higher education now function has led to grave doubts about how these institutions will operate in the future. In this study scholars address the issue, drawing examples and making recommendations based on their own experience as academic administrators and faculty members. These essays address a variety of concerns including: institutional leadership and governance; competition among institutions and within disciplines; the erosion of public trust; "grade inflation" and the perversion and the academic reward system; the challenge of diversity; federal science policy; increased competition for limited research funds; and the place of teaching within the research university.
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Preface
Chapter 1. Balancing Acts: Dilemmas of Choice Facing Research Universities
Chapter 2. The Politics of Ambivalence: Diversity in the Research Universities
Chapter 3. Rationality and Realism, What Is at Stake?
Chapter 4. Making Choices in the Research University
Chapter 5. Presidential Leadership
Chapter 6. Competition and the Research Universities
Chapter 7. The Mission of the Research University
Chapter 8. The Place of Teaching in the Research University
Chapter 9. Can the Research University Adapt to a Changing Future?
Chapter 10. America's Research Universities under Public Scrutiny
Chapter 11. In Defense of the Research University
Chapter 12. The Research University as a Setting for Undergraduate Teaching
Chapter 13. Current Criticisms of Research Universities
Chapter 14. The Appropriate Scale of the Health Sciences Enterprise
Chapter 15. Federal Science Policy and Universities: Consequences of Success
Chapter 16. Governing the Modern University
Chapter 17. The Distinction and Durability of American Research Universities
Chapter 18. Knowledge without Borders? Internationalization of the Research Universities
Chapter 19. The Research University: NOtes toward a New History
Index
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Description
The drastically changed climate in which research universities and other institutions of higher education now function has led to grave doubts about how these institutions will operate in the future. In "The Research University In A Time Of Discontent", distinguished scholars address this concern, drawing examples and making recommendations based on their own experiences as academic administrators and faculty members. (Education)
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Contributors: Harvey Brooks, Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen R. Graubard, Adrienne Jamieson, Donald Kennedy, Nannerl O. Keohane, Seymour Martin Lipset, Walter E. Massey, Steven Muller, Rodney W. Nichols, Nelson W. Polsby, Kenneth Prewitt, Frank H.T. Rhodes, William C. Richardson, Robert M. Rosenzweig, John R. Searle, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Neil J. Smelser, Stephen M. Stigler, Francis X. Sutton
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