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Education-oriented vs research-oriented?
A previous reviewer says this book describes the Cold War conversion of StanfordUniversity "from an education-oriented to [a] research-oriented institution". Might just note that both Stanford'sfounder and its first president held strongly expressed views that research-- particularly including quite applied research -- was an essentialelement of university education.Stanford was research-oriented, as anessential part of being education-oriented, from day one, in 1891.

How money, power and politics shaped the modern university
With intelligence, clarity and humor, historian Rebecca Lowen shows what changed the Americanuniversity from an education-oriented to research-oriented institution anxious to grab a share of Cold War defense spending. Stanford University is her case study and its intriguing and famous staff and alums her cast of characters. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Administration - General    3. California    4. Case studies    5. Economic aspects    6. Education    7. Higher    8. History    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Individual Institutions Of Higher Education    12. Organizations & Institutions    13. Political aspects    14. Research    15. Sociological aspects    16. Stanford University    17. Universities and colleges    18. Funding of education    19. History / General    20. Social history    21. USA    22. Universities / polytechnics   

Subjects:  1. College costs    2. Education    3. Finance    4. Financial Aid    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Reference    7. Student Finance    8. Student aid    9. United States    10. Funding of education    11. Higher & further education    12. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. High school athletes    2. Marketing    3. Reference    4. Sports    5. Study Aids / Financial Aid    6. College sports    7. Financial Aid    8. Funding of education    9. Higher & further education    10. Recruiting    11. Reference works    12. Scholarships    13. Study Aids    14. Track & field sports, athletics    15. USA    16. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Charities & voluntary services   

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An excellent Source for women seeking graduate funding.
Financing Graduate School by Patricia McWade is both well written and straight forward in its' approach to provide insight to many of the sources to aid students in their search for graduate financial aid.While Ms.McWade provides a host of leads for women, minorities, veterans, andinternational students she did manage to overlook potential sources offunding for male students.Had she selected another title for her work, Ibelieve more women would find it earlier in their searches. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Federal aid to higher education    3. Financial Aid    4. General    5. Graduate Departments And Schools    6. Graduate School Guides - General    7. Graduate work    8. Higher    9. Reference    10. Student Finance    11. Student aid    12. Study Aids    13. Test Prep    14. United States    15. Universities and colleges    16. Funding of education    17. Higher & further education   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Congresses    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Policy & Reform    6. Higher    7. Higher Education And The State    8. Higher education and state    9. State universities and college    10. State universities and colleges    11. United States    12. Medical / Geriatrics   

Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Finance    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Language    5. Language Arts & Disciplines    6. Library & Information Science    7. Library fund raising    8. Proposal writing in library sc    9. Proposal writing in library science    10. School library finance    11. United States    12. Acquisitions & collection development    13. Funding of education    14. Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science   

Subjects:  1. Academic achievement    2. Aims & Objectives    3. Economic aspects    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Educational Policy & Reform    7. Educational equalization    8. Evaluation    9. Philosophy & Social Aspects    10. Social aspects    11. United States    12. Funding of education    13. Philosophy of education    14. Schools    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Finance    4. Higher    5. Higher education and state    6. Program budgeting    7. Public universities and colleg    8. Public universities and colleges    9. United States    10. Funding of education   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Decision Making & Problem Solving    3. Education / Teaching    4. Educational anthropology    5. Educational innovations    6. Educational planning    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Teacher-administrator relation    10. Teacher-administrator relationships    11. United States    12. Funding of education    13. Non-Classifiable    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Directories    2. Education    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Higher    6. Reference    7. Scholarships, fellowships, etc.    8. Student Finance    9. Student aid    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Civil Rights    3. Education    4. Education Of Students With Learning Disabilities    5. Educational    6. Law    7. Learning disabled children    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc    10. Legal status, laws, etc.    11. Special Education - Learning Disabled    12. Special education    13. United States    14. law and legislation    15. Funding of education    16. Law / General    17. Social law    18. Teaching of learning disabled persons    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Directories    3. Financial Aid    4. Reference    5. Scholarships    6. Student Finance    7. Student aid    8. Study Aids    9. Test Prep    10. United States    11. Funding of education    12. Higher & further education    13. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Education, Higher    4. Finance    5. Great Britain    6. Higher    7. Universities and colleges   

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Educational Administration    5. Interviews    6. School administrators    7. School management and organiza    8. School management and organization    9. United States    10. Civil service & public sector    11. Education / General    12. Funding of education    13. Management & management techniques    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Finance    4. Student Finance    5. Funding of education    6. Higher & further education   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education, Elementary    3. Education, Secondary    4. Finance    5. School Finance    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Carnegie Corporation of New Yo    2. Carnegie Corporation of New York    3. Endowments    4. Foundations (Endowments)    5. History    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Social policy    8. United States    9. Education / General    10. Funding of education   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Policy    4. Educational Policy & Reform    5. England    6. Finance    7. General    8. School choice    9. Wales    10. British Isles    11. Education / General    12. Funding of education    13. Schools    14. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Directories    2. Education    3. Finance    4. Financial Aid    5. General    6. Reference    7. Scholarships    8. Student Finance    9. Student aid    10. Study Guides    11. United States    12. Funding of education    13. Higher & further education