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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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Jonathan R. Cole is Quetelet Professor of Social Science and provost at Columbia University.
Elinor G. Barber is vice provost at Columbia University.
Stephen R. Graubard is professor of history of Brown University and the editor of Daedalus.
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The Research University in a Time of Discontent.
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Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
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Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. IX, 404 p. Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / A very good and clean copy without markings. - Contents Preface 1 Balancing Acts: Dilemmas of Choice Facing Research Universities Jonathan R. Cole 2 The Politics of Ambivalence: Diversity in the Research Universities Neil J. Smelser 3 Rationality and Realism, What Is at Stake? John R. Searle 4 Making Choices in the Research University Donald Kennedy 5 Presidential Leadership Steven Muller 6 Competition and the Research Universities Stephen M. Stigler 7 The Mission of the Research University Nannerl O. Keohane 8 The Place of Teaching in the Research University Frank H. T. Rhodes 9 Can the Research University Adapt to a Changing Future? Walter E. Massey 10 Americas Research Universities under Public Scrutiny Kenneth Prewitt 11 In Defense of the Research University Seymour Martin Lipset 12 The Research University as a Setting for Undergraduate Teaching Adrienne Jamieson and Nelson W. Polsby 13 Current Criticisms of Research Universities Harvey Brooks 14 The Appropriate Scale of the Health Sciences Enterprise William C. Richardson 15 Federal Science Policy and Universities: Consequences of Success Rodney W. Nichols 16 Governing the Modern University Robert M. Rosenzweig 17 The Distinction and Durability of American Research Universities Francis X. Sutton 18 Knowledge without Borders? Internationalization of the Research Universities Eugene B. Skolnikoff 19 The Research University: Notes toward a New History Stephen R. Graubard Index. ISBN 9780801849572 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 714. Seller Inventory # 1215585