Pursuing the endless frontier : essays on MIT and the role of research Universities / / essays by Charles M. Vest

• Autore: Vest Charles M.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 292 p. )
• Disciplina: 378.744/4
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: MIT: Shaping the future (Inaugural address, 10 May 1991) -- From the first year: MIT in national and international context (1990-1991) -- Excellence in an era of change and constraint (1991-1992) -- Embracing complexity, moving toward coherence (1992-1993) -- Higher education and the challenges of a new era (1993-1994) -- What we don't know (1994-1995) -- Bold ventures and opportunity for all? (1995-1996) -- Steward of the future: the evolving roles of academia, industry, and government (1996-1997) -- MIT: The path to our future (1997-1998) -- Three questions in search of answers (1998-1999) -- Disturbing the educational universe: universities in the digital age-dinosaurs or prometheans? (2000-2001) -- Response and responsibility: balancing security and openness in research and education (2001-2002) -- Moving on (2002-2004).
• Sommario/riassunto: "In his fourteen years as president of MIT Charles Vest worked continuously to realize his vision of rebuilding America's trust in science and technology. In a time when the federal government dramatically reduced its funding of academic research programs and industry shifted its R & D resources into the short-term product-development process, Vest called for new partnerships with business and government. He called for universities to meet the intellectual challenges posed by the innovation-driven, globally connected needs of industry even as he reaffirmed basic academic values and the continuing need for longer-term scientific inquiry. In Pursuing the Endless Frontier, Vest addresses these and other issues in a series of essays written during his tenure as president of MIT. He discusses the research university's need to shift to a broader, more international outlook, the value of diversity in the academic community, the greater leadership role for faculty outside the classroom, and the boundless opportunity of new scientific and technological developments even when coupled with financial constraints."--Jacket.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pursuing the endless frontier
• ISBN: 0-262-28550-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452037403321
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