Whos In Charge Of Americas Research Universities

Author : Thomas J. Tighe
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079148677X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's in Charge of America's Research Universities? written by Thomas J. Tighe and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the American research university, and, in a larger sense, addresses knowledge creation in our society, since research universities are the primary means for the production and dissemination of basic knowledge in the public interest. Universities not only play a major role in technological, economic, and cultural development, but also prepare much of the country's leadership, particularly in the sciences, engineering, medicine, and other professions. Confronting the pervasive sense that there is something seriously wrong with our research universities, Thomas J. Tighe identifies internal division—specifically dysfunction in governance—as the major cause of the problems of higher education. He traces the current strains in the university to societal and institutional changes over the past several decades that together have created a growing schism between the concerns and objectives of faculty and those of governing authorities. To address this state of affairs, Tighe proposes a new university structure that would re-engage faculty with the governance and welfare of their institutions, while helping to educate governance authorities on the truly unique characteristics of the university. A number of controversial issues in higher education are examined in detail, including the teaching-research relation, the question of tenure, accountability, and relations between universities and the corporate sector.

Author : Hugh Davis Graham
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801880636
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of American Research Universities written by Hugh Davis Graham and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-09-27 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important and timely work, Graham and Diamond reassess the success of American universities as research institutions and the role of public funding in their developmentfrom the expansionist golden yearsof the 1950s and '60s, through the austerity measures of the 1970s and the entrepreneurial ethos of the 1980s, to the budget crises universities face in the 1990s.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309256399
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Universities and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-07-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Universities and the Future of America presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial pressures, important advances in technology, a changing demographic landscape, and increased international competition. This report provides a course of action for ensuring our universities continue to produce the knowledge, ideas, and talent the United States needs to be a global leader in the 21st century. Research Universities and the Future of America focuses on strengthening and expanding the partnership among universities and government, business, and philanthropy that has been central to American prosperity and security. The report focuses on the top 10 actions that Congress, the federal government, state governments, research universities, and others could take to strengthen the research and education missions of our research universities, their relationships with other parts of the national research enterprise, and their ability to transfer new knowledge and ideas to those who productively use them in our society and economy. This report examines trends in university finance, prospects for improving university operations, opportunities for deploying technology, and improvement in the regulation of higher education institutions. It also explores ways to improve pathways to graduate education, take advantage of opportunities to increase student diversity, and realign doctoral education for the careers new doctorates will follow. Research Universities and the Future of America is an important resource for policy makers on the federal and state levels, university administrators, philanthropic organizations, faculty, technology transfer specialists, libraries, and researchers.

Author : John V. Lombardi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Top American Research Universities written by John V. Lombardi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger L. Geiger
Publisher : Brill - Sense
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Future of the American Public Research University written by Roger L. Geiger and published by Brill - Sense. This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public research universities are an integral part of American society. They play the leading role in educating future leaders in agriculture, engineering, the arts and sciences, humanities, business, education, and other professions. Public research universities generate the new products, processes, inventions, discoveries, insights, and interpretations that advance the human condition. The dominant centers of higher education in many states, public research universities are increasingly looked upon as major engines of economic development. And, through outreach, they harness their human and intellectual capital to serve their sponsoring societies. Yet state investment in public higher education is faltering and the role of public higher education is an area of ongoing debate. This flagging support, along with the growing perception that higher education is a private benefit rather than a public good, has put public research universities at a crossroads. With chapters by leading scholars, this book tackles these challenging issues--on learning resources; on competition; on the public and private benefits of public research universities; and on how best to create an environment for engaged learning. It brings into one collection informed arguments on the key issues facing the American public research university and serves as a valuable resource to students, scholars, and policy makers who are concerned about the future of these national assets.

Author : Michael M. Crow
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421417243
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing the New American University written by Michael M. Crow and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical blueprint for reinventing American higher education. America’s research universities consistently dominate global rankings but may be entrenched in a model that no longer accomplishes their purposes. With their multiple roles of discovery, teaching, and public service, these institutions represent the gold standard in American higher education, but their evolution since the nineteenth century has been only incremental. The need for a new and complementary model that offers broader accessibility to an academic platform underpinned by knowledge production is critical to our well-being and economic competitiveness. Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University and an outspoken advocate for reinventing the public research university, conceived the New American University model when he moved from Columbia University to Arizona State in 2002. Following a comprehensive reconceptualization spanning more than a decade, ASU has emerged as an international academic and research powerhouse that serves as the foundational prototype for the new model. Crow has led the transformation of ASU into an egalitarian institution committed to academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact. In Designing the New American University, Crow and coauthor William B. Dabars—a historian whose research focus is the American research university—examine the emergence of this set of institutions and the imperative for the new model, the tenets of which may be adapted by colleges and universities, both public and private. Through institutional innovation, say Crow and Dabars, universities are apt to realize unique and differentiated identities, which maximize their potential to generate the ideas, products, and processes that impact quality of life, standard of living, and national economic competitiveness. Designing the New American University will ignite a national discussion about the future evolution of the American research university.

Author : Robert M. Rosenzweig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political University written by Robert M. Rosenzweig and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rosenzweig combines unabashed admiration for American research universities, honesty about their real-world shortcomings, keen appreciation for academic quality, and apprehension bordering on congenital pessimism about looming threats to their continued effectiveness." -- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Author : John V. Lombardi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Top American Research Universities written by John V. Lombardi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert M. Rosenzweig
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520047358
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Research Universities and Their Patrons written by Robert M. Rosenzweig and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Association of American Universities. Centennial Meeting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Research Universities written by Association of American Universities. Centennial Meeting and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: