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Author Vest, Charles M.

Title The American research university from World War II to World Wide Web : governments, the private sector, and the emerging meta-university / Charles M. Vest.

Imprint Berkeley : Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  001.4 V638a 2007    ---  Available
Description xii, 127 p. ; 22 cm.
Series The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society ; 1
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-116) and index.
Contents Governments and universities: the roles and influences of the public sector in higher education -- Industry, philanthropy, and universities: the roles and influences of the private sector in higher education -- Openness: education, research, and scholarly communication in an age of globalization and terrorism -- The emerging global meta-university: higher education and scholarship in the age of the Internet.
Subject Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Science -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Technology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Universities and colleges -- Research -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects -- United States.
ISBN 0520252535 (hbk.)
9780520252530 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2508770
AU@ 000040872274
NZ1 11020095

 
    
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