American research universities are part of the foundation for the supremacyof American science. Although they emerged as universities in the latenineteenth century, the incorporation of research as a distinct part of theirmission largely occurred after 1900. ToAdvance Knowledge relates howthese institutions, by 1940, advanced from provincial outposts in the worldof knowledge to leaders in critical areas of science.
American research universities are part of the foundation for the supremacyof American science. Although they emerged as universities in the lateninet...
The rise of American research universities to international preeminence constitutes one of the most important episodes in the history of higher education. Research and Relevant Knowledge follows Geiger's earlier volume on American research universities from 1900 to 1940. This second work is the first study to trace this momentous development in the post-World War II period. It describes how the federal government first relied on university scientists during the war, and how the resulting relationship set the pattern for the postwar mushrooming of academic research.
The first...
The rise of American research universities to international preeminence constitutes one of the most important episodes in the history of higher edu...
