Ivory towers and nationalist minds
Subtitle: universities, leadership, and the development of the American state
By: Mark R. Nemec.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780472099122; 9780472069125
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.; Higher education and state -- United States.; Education, Higher -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ideas and institutions in American political development; title: Why the university? a uniquely positioned institution; title: The Morrill Act of 1862 and coordination shaping the American university and the American state; title: Beyond the Morrill Act : developing partnerships in the "loosely coupled" era; title: Beyond service : the development of universities as independent agents; title: The origins of formal alignment : the national university movement and the creation of the AAU; title: Working for service : the rise of formal alignment and the furtherance of agency; title: Facilitating shared service : formal alignment and active partnerships; title: The modern university and the question of contemporary public service.