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Download full textConnell, W. F. – 1980
This is the history of an important educational institution in Australia. The work looks at the problems of establishing a new institution in the late 1920s and traces its varying fortunes through 50 years to 1980. It is more, however, than an institutional history. It analyses early contributions to educational research, its subsequent growth in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Foreign Countries
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. – 1988
Doing science in the Shuttle and Spacelab is a different experience than having an instrument on a satellite; science becomes more "personal." Interaction between scientists on the ground and the onboard crew in conducting experiments adds a new dimension to a science mission. It transforms the mission from a focus on machines,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Astronomy, College Science, Earth Science
Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. An Anecdotal Journey.
Cooper, David Y., III; Ledger, Marshall A. – 1990
This book presents a researched history of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine and traces its growth, from a couple of courses at the College of Philadelphia in the late eighteenth century, to its 225th anniversary in 1990. Highlighted are the school's contributions to science and medicine made by members of the school's faculty,…
Descriptors: College Buildings, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Wegener, Charles – 1978
The problem of liberal education in the modern university is confronted in this book directed to academics in all fields. The history of the evolution of American higher education is examined and a philosophical consideration of how liberal education can be achieved today is addressed. The role of the development of libraries, research, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Role, Curriculum Development, Democracy
Stevenson, Russell; Locke, Virginia O. – 1989
This history of the Agriculture Development Council (ADC) consists of eight chapters and four appendices. Chapter 1 traces the early years of the ADC, from its inception in 1953 to 1957, the year of the retirement of the council's first director, J. Lossing Buck. The chapter covers the role of John D. Rockefeller, III, the incorporation of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations, Fellowships
Pusey, Nathan M. – 1978
The transformation of American college life since World War II is traced by a university president who participated in the process at both Lawrence College (1944 to 1953) and Harvard University (1953 to 1971). Some of the crucial changes in university education during that period are discussed, including: its increasing availability to a far…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Books, College Role, College Students
