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Roundtable: Whither Now Our Research Universities?

MAR 01, 1995
Under financial and social stress, the nation’s research universities are redefining their objectives. The roundtable panel gives the universities the close scrutiny that physicists usually apply to their own science.
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In our letter inviting you to this discussion, we stated: While the commitment to research and scholarship at American universities is probably greater than ever, the reputation and resources of the institutions are deteriorating. There is no doubt that more is being asked of research universities than in the past but the ability to respond is under severe stress. I’d like to begin by asking Don Langenberg if you believe the mission of the research universities is changing and, if it is, in what ways?

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Volume 48, Number 3

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