Trani, Eugene P. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607090793 (cloth : alk. paper) 1607090791 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009042118 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Economic development--Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC67.6  / .T73 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/7378