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The indispensable university : higher education, economic development, and the knowledge economy / Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth.

By: Contributor(s): Series: American Council on Education series on higher educationPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.Description: xviii, 281 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781607090793 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1607090791
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/7378 22
LOC classification:
  • LC67.6 .T73 2010
Contents:
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.

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.

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