The Place of Inquiry -- Scientific Research and Graduate Education in Modern Universities

Author: Clark
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: The book is divided into two parts. The first part consists of five chapters, where Professor Clark analyzes the actual implementation of the principle of combining research and teaching in universities from five countries (Germany, the UK, France, the US, and Japan) and the characteristics of higher education development, proposing five types of universities. They are Germany's "Institute-based University," the UK's "College-based University," France's "Graduate School-based University," the US's "Graduate School-based University," and Japan's "Applied University." The second part of the book focuses on the research-teaching-learning nexus. In Chapter 6, he argues that research, teaching, and learning relationships within higher education systems in five major countries are becoming increasingly strained in many aspects and places. Chapter 7, titled "Conditions for Integration," points out the main features of modern higher education and research organizations, which oppose differentiation and advocate integration. In Chapter 8, Professor Clark returns to the view of viewing universities as knowledge institutions oriented toward exploration, thereby understanding the significance of the research-teaching-learning nexus for rarely studied high-level teaching and learning.