Research foundation of graduate education

Author: Burton Clark
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: The original title of this book is Research Foundations of Graduate Education in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Japan, and it is one of the first comparative studies of graduate education in the West. The integration of research with teaching and learning is a fundamental feature of modern higher education. In many countries, influenced by the ideal of combining research and teaching in university education proposed by German Humboldt in the 19th century, research has become a basic activity for university faculty. In the 1980s, attention shifted globally to the organization of graduate education and research. With the advent of economic globalization, the world entered the knowledge economy era, and countries became increasingly concerned with the comparative advantages of science and technology. The competition for national strength, economic and human resources, has become a defining feature of the modern era. Against this backdrop, universities, as centers of research, as training grounds for researchers, and as institutions providing scientific education for general students, face many pressing issues. The book is divided into five parts, covering Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Japan, with each part consisting of two chapters. The first chapter provides a macro-level description of the structure of research and graduate education, while the second chapter analyzes the specific arrangements of research, teaching, and learning within departments and research institutions.