TY - BOOK AU - Geiger,Roger L. TI - To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 SN - 9780195365054 AV - Q180.U5 -- G34 1986eb U1 - 001.4/0973 PY - 1986/// CY - Cary PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Research institutes -- United States -- History KW - Science -- United States -- History KW - Universities and colleges -- United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3051920 ER -