To Advance Knowledge : The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940.
Geiger, Roger L.
To Advance Knowledge : The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (336 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Shaping of the American Research University, 1865-1920 -- 1. Toward a National System of Universities -- 2. Academic Disciplines -- 3. The Wealth of Universities -- 2. The Conditions of University Research, 1900-1920 -- 1. The Research System in 1900 and the Founding of Independent Research Institutions -- 2. Resources for University Research: The Treatment of Faculty -- 3. Resources for University Research: Capital and Project Funds -- 3. Research Universities from World War I to 1930 -- 1. Science and the University Go to War -- 2. Growth and Differentiation -- 3. The Collegiate Syndrome -- 4. Who Shall Go to College? -- 4. Foundations and University Research -- 1. Ways and Means: Defining the Foundations' Role -- 2. Foundations and Universities: The Social Sciences -- 3. Foundations and Universities: The Natural Sciences -- 4. Common Goals and Cross-purposes -- 5. The Privately Funded University Research System -- 1. Business and University Research -- 2. Institutional Patterns of University Research -- 3. Students, Professors, and Research -- 4. The Ascendancy of American Science -- 5. The Intellectual Migration -- 6. The Research Universities in the 1930s -- 1. Effects of the Depression -- 2. The Federal Government and University Research -- 3. Retrospect and Prospect -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
9780195365054
Research institutes -- United States -- History.
Science -- United States -- History.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
Electronic books.
Q180.U5 -- G34 1986eb
001.4/0973
To Advance Knowledge : The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (336 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Shaping of the American Research University, 1865-1920 -- 1. Toward a National System of Universities -- 2. Academic Disciplines -- 3. The Wealth of Universities -- 2. The Conditions of University Research, 1900-1920 -- 1. The Research System in 1900 and the Founding of Independent Research Institutions -- 2. Resources for University Research: The Treatment of Faculty -- 3. Resources for University Research: Capital and Project Funds -- 3. Research Universities from World War I to 1930 -- 1. Science and the University Go to War -- 2. Growth and Differentiation -- 3. The Collegiate Syndrome -- 4. Who Shall Go to College? -- 4. Foundations and University Research -- 1. Ways and Means: Defining the Foundations' Role -- 2. Foundations and Universities: The Social Sciences -- 3. Foundations and Universities: The Natural Sciences -- 4. Common Goals and Cross-purposes -- 5. The Privately Funded University Research System -- 1. Business and University Research -- 2. Institutional Patterns of University Research -- 3. Students, Professors, and Research -- 4. The Ascendancy of American Science -- 5. The Intellectual Migration -- 6. The Research Universities in the 1930s -- 1. Effects of the Depression -- 2. The Federal Government and University Research -- 3. Retrospect and Prospect -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
9780195365054
Research institutes -- United States -- History.
Science -- United States -- History.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
Electronic books.
Q180.U5 -- G34 1986eb
001.4/0973