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Author: Roger L. Geiger
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B007XVPOXW

Knowledge and Money

Market forces have profoundly affected the contemporary research university's fundamental tasks of creating and disseminating knowledge. Download Knowledge and Money from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. They arguably have provided American universities access to greater wealth, better students, and stronger links with the economy. Yet they also have exaggerated inequalities, diminished the university's control over its own activities, and weakened the university's mission of serving the public. Incorporating twenty years of research and new data covering 99 research universities, Knowledge and Money explains this paradox by assessing how market forces have affected universities in four key spheres of activity: finance, undergraduate education, primary research, and participation in regional and national Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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