1st Edition

Research In The Age Of The Steadystate University

Edited By Don I. Phillips, Benjamin S. P. Shen Copyright 1982
    114 Pages
    by Routledge

    114 Pages
    by Routledge

    The expansion of higher education and the growth of government-funded research occurred simultaneously and symbiotically in the years after World War II, but there was surprisingly little interaction between the education and research communities. Now with fewer students and relatively less money, higher education institutions are in stable or decr

    Preface -- Introduction: The Future of Academic Research -- Research Universities and the Future: Challenges and Opportunities -- University Research: Congressional Perspective -- Government Accountability Requirements for Research Funds -- The View from the Research Laboratory -- A Survey of Undergraduate Chemical Research -- New Academic Positions: The Outlook in Europe, Canada, and the United States -- Research Centers and Non-Faculty Researchers: A New Academic Role -- An Interdisciplinary Look at Science Policy in an Age of Decreased Funding

    Biography

    Don I. Phillips, Benjamin S. P. Shen