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Atkinson, Richard C.; Blanpied, William A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This paper traces the historical development of the American research and technology enterprise from its origins in the post-Civil War period to its current international dominance in the discovery and dissemination of scientific knowledge. U.S. research universities have become the vital center of this enterprise over the past 60 years. But…
Descriptors: Research Universities, United States History, Research and Development, Foreign Countries
Yee, Albert H., Ed. – 1995
This volume contains 15 papers on higher education in 13 East Asian societies as well as the region as a whole, including analysis of leading issues such as tyranny versus democracy and state-funded versus proprietary higher education. Following an editorial by A. H. Yee, the papers include: "The University of Tokyo: The Graduate School…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Change