The indispensable university : higher education, economic development, and the knowledge economy /
Trani, Eugene P.
The indispensable university : higher education, economic development, and the knowledge economy / Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010. - xviii, 281 p. ; 24 cm. - American Council on Education series on higher education . - American Council on Education series on higher education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic premise : colleges and universities indispensable to economic and community development -- The new role of higher education : economic and community development -- U.S. higher education : the emergence of urban universities -- U.S. higher education : the reinvention of the land-grant university -- U.S. higher education : community college--a uniquely American institution -- British and Irish higher education : ancient but thoroughly modern -- Middle Eastern higher education : two oases in the desert -- Higher education in developing countries : the BRIC nations -- Conclusions : colleges and universities indispensable to economic and community development.
9781607090793 (cloth : alk. paper) 1607090791
2009042118
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Economic development--Cross-cultural studies.
LC67.6 / .T73 2010
338.4/7378
The indispensable university : higher education, economic development, and the knowledge economy / Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010. - xviii, 281 p. ; 24 cm. - American Council on Education series on higher education . - American Council on Education series on higher education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic premise : colleges and universities indispensable to economic and community development -- The new role of higher education : economic and community development -- U.S. higher education : the emergence of urban universities -- U.S. higher education : the reinvention of the land-grant university -- U.S. higher education : community college--a uniquely American institution -- British and Irish higher education : ancient but thoroughly modern -- Middle Eastern higher education : two oases in the desert -- Higher education in developing countries : the BRIC nations -- Conclusions : colleges and universities indispensable to economic and community development.
9781607090793 (cloth : alk. paper) 1607090791
2009042118
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Economic development--Cross-cultural studies.
LC67.6 / .T73 2010
338.4/7378