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The Indispensable University

Higher Education, Economic Development, and the Knowledge Economy

Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth

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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION

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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.

Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK

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Contents

Foreword by the Honorable Timothy M. Kaine ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Basic Premise: Colleges and Universities Indispensable to

Economic and Community Development 1 2 The New Role of Higher Education: Economic and

Community Development 25 3 U.S. Higher Education: The Emergence of Urban Universities 47 4 U.S. Higher Education: The Reinvention of the

Land-Grant University 77 5 U.S. Higher Education: Community College—a Uniquely

American Institution 107 6 British and Irish Higher Education: Ancient but

Thoroughly Modern 135 7 Middle Eastern Higher Education: Two Oases in the Desert 157 8 Higher Education in Developing Countries:

The BRIC Nations 183 9 Conclusions: Colleges and Universities Indispensable to

Economic and Community Development 215

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viii Contents

Bibliography 235 Index 267 About the Authors 281

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