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Direct linkPinheiro, Rómulo, Ed.; Young, Mitchell, Ed.; Šima, Karel, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2018
This book analyses the role of universities as critical actors in the socio-economic development of peripheral regions in Norway and the Czech Republic. Examining the ambiguities of the traditional mission of a university in comparison to contemporary demands, the editors and contributors move past single-case analyses to adopt an integrated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Role, Economic Development, Socioeconomic Status
Wiggins, Marvin E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
The challenge of bringing information literacy to university students is greater than at small colleges. A survey of librarians at large universities revealed unique problems and instructional solutions. The Brigham Young University (Utah) program, in which information literacy is integrated into every academic division, offers one example. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Role, College Students, Curriculum Development
Smith, Virginia B.; Bernstein, Alison R. – 1979
Based on extensive research, this book questions the benefits assumed to accrue from enlarging American colleges. The application of the industrial economies-of-scale model to academic institutions is challenged, since the purpose of academic institutions is not production but learning. Evidence is cited of hidden "diseconomies" of scale on large…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, College Planning, College Role
