Research universities and the public good : discovery for an uncertain future / Jason Owen-Smith. by Owen-Smith, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: knowledge, infrastructure, and the need for change -- A system to insure the future -- The organization of research universities -- Sources of discovery: networks on campus -- Community anchors: building resilience and connection -- Hubs linking communities: generating solutions for known and unknown problems -- Facing the future together.…”
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Research universities and the future of America : ten breakthrough actions vital to our nation's prosperity and security /...

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- National goals and assets -- America's research universities -- Threats and weaknesses -- Action -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendixes.…”
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China's rising research universities : a new era of global ambition /... by Rhoads, Robert A.

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Who's in charge of America's research universities : a blueprint for reform / Thomas J. Tighe. by Tighe, Thomas J.

Table of Contents: “…Growth and Impact of Research Universities --…”
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Academic charisma and the origins of the research university / William Clark. by Clark, William, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Narrative, conversation, reputation: on the ineluctability of the voice and the oral -- Academic babble and ministerial machinations -- Ministerial hearing and academic commodification -- Academic voices and the ghost in the machine -- Epilogue: the research university and beyond.…”
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Berlin, the mother of all research universities : 1860-1918 / Charles E. McClelland. by McClelland, Charles E.

Table of Contents: “…From the ashes of defeat to the needs of a new empire -- "The intellectual bodyguard" : the professors of Friedrich Wilhelm University -- State and university: finance, control and academic freedom -- The structural model "modern research university" in national and international comparison -- Students' relationships to professors, finances, and the social order -- Minorities, women, privilege, and subculture -- The public sphere and political culture -- The university in public opinion, issues and movements of the day -- The university and World War I : preparing, fighting, and struggling to recover -- A tarnished model among world adaptors.…”
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Resource allocation in private research universities / Daniel Rodas. by Rodas, Daniel

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Strengthening Teaching and Learning in Research Universities Strategies and Initiatives for Institutional Change /...

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Leading research universities in a competitive world / Robert Lacroix and Louis Maheu ; translated by Paul Klassen. by Lacroix, Robert, 1940-, Maheu, Louis

Table of Contents: “…The emergence of the research university -- 2. University rankings -- 3. The international distribution -- 4. …”
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Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice, Social Change and Responsible Citizenship /...

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Evaluating Campus Climate at US Research Universities Opportunities for Diversity and Inclusion / edited by Krista M. Soria.

Table of Contents: “…Racial differences in the effects of campus climate on sense of belonging at public research universities -- Chapter 12. International Students’ Experiences with Campus Climate at Large, Public Research Universities. …”
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In defense of disciplines : interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university / Jerry A. Jacobs. by Jacobs, Jerry A., 1955-

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Preparing for the revolution : information technology and the future of the research university /...

Table of Contents: “…Implications for the research university -- 4. Choosing the future : findings and options.…”
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Organizing Enlightenment : information overload and the invention of the modern research university / Chad Wellmon. by Wellmon, Chad, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Science as culture -- The fractured empire of erudition -- Encyclopedia from book to practice -- From bibliography to ethics -- Kant's critical technology -- The Enlightenment university and too many books -- The university in the age of print -- Berlin, Humboldt, and the research university -- The disciplinary self and the virtues of the philologist -- Afterword : too many links.…”
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Inside the teaching machine : rhetoric and the globalization of the U.S. public research university / Catherine Chaput. by Chaput, Catherine

Table of Contents: “…Historicizing the U.S. Public Research University:Industrial Capitalism and the Professional Ideal; 2. …”
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Faculty fathers : toward a new ideal in the research university / Margaret W. Sallee. by Sallee, Margaret, 1977-

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Knowledge matters : the public mission of the research university / edited by Diana Rhoten and Craig Calhoun.

Table of Contents: “…The public mission of the research university / Craig Calhoun -- Great expectations, past promises, and golden ages: rethinking the "crisis" of public research universities / Gustavo E. …”
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Professing to learn : creating tenured lives and careers in the American research university / Anna Neumann. by Neumann, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Into the middle : mapping the early post-tenure career in the research university -- The heart of the matter : passionate thought and scholarly learning -- Mindwork : what and how professors strive to learn -- Location : where professors pursue their scholarly learning -- Becoming strategic : recently tenured university professors as agents of scholarly learning / with Kimberley B. …”
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Buying in or selling out? : the commercialization of the American research university / edited by Donald G. Stein.

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The century of science : the global triumph of the research university / edited by Justin J.W. Powell, David P. Baker, Frank Fernandez.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; The Century of Science: The Global Triumph of the Research University; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; References; Introduction: The Worldwide Triumph of the Research University and Globalizing Science; Setting the Global Stage; Embedding SPHERE in Scientific Literature; The Organization of Science Production: Research Universities at the Center; Limited Empirical Studies on Science Production; A Brief History of Bibliometric Analysis; Comparison of Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) and Scopus (Elsevier); Methodology and Data.…”
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