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To Advance Knowledge


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American scientific supremacy was built upon the strength of our research universities. This book shows how these universities laid the foundation for the ascendancy of American science in the first half of this century, when they went from being provincial outposts of international science
to being the equal of the best European centers of learning. This is a rich social history that tells much not only about the growth of American higher education but also about American intellectual life in general and the politics of scientific research in education.
How did research come to be a major function of universities? How did universities reconcile the demands of an active research program with their other institutional commitments? To answer these questions, Geiger ranges over a broad spectrum of topics, from the adoption of a selective
admissions policy and the development of graduate schools to the continuing vitality of liberal arts colleges within university settings. The book includes fascinating sections on the bizarre attempt to militarize college campuses during World War I and on the backlash of the 1920's, when many
major campuses became more concerned with social life than intellectual matters.
One remarkable feature of the development of research universities, Geiger points out, was that it was largely accomplished through private resources. Individual philanthropy was responsible for establishing the wealth of the private research universities, and played a key role at several
state universities as well. Foundations and corporations were also highly significant in developing the institutions' research capabilities.
Geiger describes how each university resolved in its own way the conflict between the research role and other institutional commitments. The major research institutions he deals with are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Stanford, the University of Chicago,
Johns Hopkins, the California Institute of Technology, and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and California
About the Author:
Roger L. Geiger is Associate Research Scientist at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195038033
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 739 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0195038037
  • Publisher Date: 12 Aug 1986
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 335
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940
  • Width: 166 mm


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