The instrumental university : education in service of the national agenda after World War II / Ethan Schrum.

The instrumental university : education in service of the national agenda after World War II /

"[This] book shows how, in the post-World War II period, elite research universities moved away from their founding ideals and instead portrayed themselves as instruments for spurring economic development and solving social problems"--

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Main Author: Schrum, Ethan D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States > History > 20th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 20th century.
Educational change > United States > History > 20th century.
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