Academic science, higher education, and the federal government, 1950-1983
By: John T. Wilson.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Science and state -- United States -- History.; Higher education and state -- United States -- History.
Description: Since World War II, the federal government and institutions of higher education have shared an unprecedented association. John T. Wilson is among the relatively few people who have played roles on both sides of this relationship. In this essay, he examines the substance of the relationship with an eye to the future, reviewing the policies and programs that have governed federal support of academic science and higher education during the past thirty years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This essay was originally prepared as part of the seminar 'Higher Education and the Federal Government,' Department of Education, University of Chicago, spring quarter, 1983"--T.p. verso.