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National Academies Press, 2012
"Research Universities and the Future of America" presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Technology Transfer, Private Financial Support, Student Diversity
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Ingalls, Robert P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Introduces a research activity program in which 10 students worked during the summer as part of a team that developed software for a larger project. Lists names of students, the professors with whom they worked, and their research efforts. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Experiential Learning
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Pages, Erik R. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1996
Uses the rapid rise and fall (within two years) of Clinton's industrial technology policy as an example of the creation and delegitimization of political ideas in federal government. Compares the shifting opinions on this policy to similar experiences with other policies, most notably nuclear power. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Economic Progress, Elitism, Federal Government
Fitzsimons, Gail E. – 2002
This book, aimed at mathematics and vocational educators and researchers, analyzes the historical, sociological, and practical elements of mathematics within vocational education against the emerging impact of technology. Focus is on the current situation of mathematics within Australian vocational and technical education and how that might be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cultural Images, Developed Nations