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Download full textBerdahl, Robert M. – Association of American Universities, 2009
A recent ranking undertaken by Jiao Tong University in Shanghai shows 36 U.S universities among the top 50 universities in the world, with eight of the top 10 in the United States. Author Fareed Zakaria has declared: "[H]igher education is the United States' best industry. In no other field is the United States' advantage so overwhelming. Although…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Role, Scientific Research, Public Policy
Association of American Universities, 2008
In this document, the Association of American Universities offers a series of research and technology policy recommendations that would help our nation to continue its global pre-eminence in science and high technology, improve the quality of life and national security of our citizens, and speed our nation's economic recovery. After policy…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Universities, National Security, Quality of Life
Mathae, Katherine Bailey, Ed.; Birzer, Catherine Langrehr Ed. – Association of American Universities, 2004
From Socrates' time on, liberal arts education has been understood to produce a general learned competence that allows a student to be both a better human being and a better citizen. The breadth of this liberal arts curriculum stands in contrast to the much narrower vocational curriculum. More recently, the humanities have been caught in a…
Descriptors: Museums, Humanities, Higher Education, Reports
