Retrospect and Prospect: Understanding the American Outreach University.

Dyer, Thomas G.

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ERIC Number: EJ589786

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Retrospect and Prospect: Understanding the American Outreach University.

Dyer, Thomas G.

Journal of Public Service & Outreach, v4 n1 p52-64 Spr 1999

A discussion of the outreach role of American universities looks back to the origins of state and land-grant universities and their early role in promoting access to education and the advances of technology. Argues that understanding the current outreach mission of universities requires both clear vision and thorough research. (MSE)

Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Educational History, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Land Grant Universities, Outreach Programs, Public Service, Research Needs, School Community Relationship, State Universities

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: "Transitions into the Twenty-First Century."