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9780801849589: The Research University in a Time of Discontent
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801849586 ISBN 13: 9780801849589
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This 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 fuiture. In The Research University in a Time of Discontent distonguished scholars address this concern, drwaing examples and making recommendations based on their own experience as academic administrators and faculty members.

In essays both learned and provocative—with new contributions enriching the collection previously published in Daedalus—these leading authorities on higher education policy and practice address a variety of important concerns:

• institutional leadership and governance
• competition among institutions and within disciplines
• the erosion of public trust
• "grade inflation" and the perversion of the academic reward system
• the challenges of diversity
• federal science policy
• increased competition for limited research funds
• the place of teaching within the research university

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About the Authors

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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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801849586
ISBN 13 
9780801849589
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416
Editor
Cole Jonathan R.