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Federal government agencies provide about $33 billion a year to universities to conduct scientific research. That continuing investment expands human knowledge and helps educate the next generation of science and technology leaders. New discoveries from university research also form the basis for many new products and processes that benefit the…
Descriptors: Productivity, Human Capital, Scientific Research, Private Sector
Association of American Universities, 2011
Since World War II, the federal government has maintained a partnership with the nation's research universities, based on the bipartisan consensus that (1) the nation needs to invest its resources in curiosity-driven, competitively awarded basic research, and (2) basic research is best conducted at the nation's universities. As a result of that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Private Sector, Research Universities
Association of American Universities, 2011
After World War II, the United States decided to support much of its basic research through universities. That decision invigorated research with the energy, abilities, and fresh perspectives of students, while creating a fertile training ground for future researchers. Doctoral education in the U.S.--the education and training of Ph.D.s--became a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Programs, Research, Apprenticeships
Hahn, Karla; Lowry, Charles; Lynch, Clifford; Shulenberger, David; Vaughn, John – Association of American Universities, 2009
On August 4, 2008, four leading associations serving research universities, the Association of Research Libraries, the Association of American Universities, the Coalition for Networked Information, and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, convened a roundtable discussion engaging provosts, chief research…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Information Dissemination, College Role, Scholarship
Association of American Universities, 2008
The next President will make decisions that determine our nation's place in the 21st century. We remain the world's military and economic superpower, yet at home and abroad we face economic and national security challenges to our leadership with serious consequences for future generations of Americans. During the 2008 presidential campaign,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Universities, National Security, Public Agencies
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
