To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940

Contents......Page 10
1. The Shaping of the American Research University, 1865–1920......Page 12
1. Toward a National System of Universities......Page 14
2. Academic Disciplines......Page 31
3. The Wealth of Universities......Page 50
2. The Conditions of University Research, 1900–1920......Page 69
1. The Research System in 1900 and the Founding of Independent Research Institutions......Page 70
2. Resources for University Research: The Treatment of Faculty......Page 78
3. Resources for University Research: Capital and Project Funds......Page 88
1. Science and the University Go to War......Page 105
2. Growth and Differentiation......Page 118
3. The Collegiate Syndrome......Page 126
4. Who Shall Go to College?......Page 140
4. Foundations and University Research......Page 151
1. Ways and Means: Defining the Foundations\' Role......Page 153
2. Foundations and Universities: The Social Sciences......Page 160
3. Foundations and Universities: The Natural Sciences......Page 171
4. Common Goals and Cross-purposes......Page 178
1. Business and University Research......Page 185
2. Institutional Patterns of University Research......Page 202
3. Students, Professors, and Research......Page 225
4. The Ascendancy of American Science......Page 244
5. The Intellectual Migration......Page 251
1. Effects of the Depression......Page 257
2. The Federal Government and University Research......Page 266
3. Retrospect and Prospect......Page 275
APPENDIX......Page 280
NOTES......Page 290
C......Page 332
H......Page 333
N......Page 334
T......Page 335
Y......Page 336