Comparative analyses of the elements that help research universities perform to world-class standards.
Although research universities represent only fifteen to twenty per cent of national university systems worldwide, they provide the bulk of fundamental research and doctoral training. Written by two veteran university administrators, Leading Research Universities in a Competitiv…
Although research universities represent only fifteen to twenty per cent of national university systems worldwide, they provide the bulk of fundamental research and doctoral training. Written by two veteran university administrators, Leading Research Universities in a Competitiv…
« Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity.…
Between 1915 and 1935 the University of Chicago was the center for the production of innovative sociological research that resonated with the lives of urban Americans. These studies focused on delinquents, prostitutes, gangsters, and homeless men. This work offers a survey of so…
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