| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 227 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Prologue -- National goals and assets -- America's research universities -- Threats and weaknesses -- Action -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendixes |
| Summary |
"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"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Education, Higher -- Research.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
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Education and globalization.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Evaluation
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education and globalization
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Education, Higher -- Research
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Universities and colleges -- Administration
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Universities and colleges -- Evaluation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Higher Education and Workforce
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National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs
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| LC no. |
2012939571 |
| ISBN |
9780309256407 |
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0309256402 |
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1280880082 |
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9781280880087 |
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9780309256421 |
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0309256429 |
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