Designing The New American University

Download or read book Designing the New American University written by Michael M. Crow and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- Preface, by Michael M. Crow -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Solving for X with U -- 1 American Research Universities at a Fork in the Road -- 2 The Gold Standard in American Higher Education -- 3 The Varieties of Academic Tradition -- 4 Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation -- 5 Designing Knowledge Enterprises -- 6 A Pragmatic Approach to Innovation and Sustainability -- 7 Designing a New American University at the Frontier -- Conclusion: Toward More New American Universities -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.