Title: Higher education and the American resurgence /
Authors: Newman, Frank, 1927-; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Publisher: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ; Available from the Princeton University Press,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Research United States; Competition, International.; Education, Higher United States; Education, Graduate; Research
Abstract: Examines the role of higher education in strengthening the leadership of the United States in an increasingly interdependent world that demands creative responses to new conditions.
Contents: The need for debate -- The new economy : American education in a competitive world -- The new politics : civic involvement in an age of self-interest -- The supply of technical expertise -- Education for creativity, risk taking, and civic involvement -- American youth and the ideal of service -- Participation of minorities in the professional life of the country -- The expansion of international exchange -- Progress report : the university role in research and technology -- Research funding : a new balance for effectiveness -- Investments to insure continuing leadership.