Universities in decline from the Great Society to today : how universities have been replaced by the Washington think tanks as the generators of policy ideas

Universities in decline : from the Great Society to today : how universities have been replaced by the Washington think tanks as the generators of policy ideas / Howard J. Wiarda.

Author/creator	Wiarda, Howard J., 1939-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Lanham : University Press of America, [2014]
Description	vii, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus) Universities and colleges--Political aspects --United States. Research institutes--Political aspects --United States. Political planning--United States.

Portion of title	From the Great Society to today
Contents	Introduction: East coast universities -- Amherst: "village of light" -- The University of Massachusetts/Amherst: a turbulent history -- The 1960s: assistant professor: poor but flourishing -- The 1970s: associate professor: trouble in paradise -- The 1980s: full professor: farther and farther away from the university -- An endowed chair: the Leonard J. Horwitz professorship -- Is there life as an emeritus prof?: UMass and the department in decline and freefall -- Conclusion.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013953511
ISBN	9780761862185 (hbk.)
ISBN	0761862188 (hbk.)

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