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  1. Research university

    History 19th century. The concept of the research university first arose in early 19th-century Prussia in Germany, where Wilhelm von Humboldt championed his vision of Einheit von Lehre und Forschung (the unity of teaching and research), as a means of producing an education that focused on the main areas of knowledge (the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities) rather than on the ...

  2. The story behind the modern university

    The story behind the modern university. GSE professor Emily J. Levine explores the history of the research university and the lessons it offers for academic leaders today. September 14, 2021. SHARE: PRINT. Many of us take for granted that universities are a natural home for both research and teaching. But that wasn't always the case: When the ...

  3. How did universities develop

    Oxford, the second oldest university and oldest English speaking university, was probably sometime late in the 11th century. Traditions such as having a chancellor and residence halls had become established by the 13th century. Oxford had established its oldest colleges, Balliol and Merton Colleges, by the mid 13th century (Figure 2).

  4. Explaining the Historical Rise of US Research Universities

    Competition for private donors, talented students, and highly skilled professors produced a virtuous circle in which elite institutions re warded high-quality research.. T he United States had about 900 colleges before the Civil War. By 1875, educational attainment exceeded that in any European nation, but the country had no top-tier research universities.

  5. The History of the American Research University

    The American research university was born a century after the American Revolution, when Johns Hopkins University opened its doors in 1876. It was an amalgam of the British Oxbridge undergraduate ...

  6. A century that profoundly changed universities and their campuses

    This history of the development of universities is the first of two articles on the past and future of the campus. ... A key reason for the increasing focus on university research was the lessons ...

  7. Research Universities

    The History of the Research University. The lineage of the U.S. research university can be traced to the great German and English universities and their respective forms and traditions. In fact, throughout most of the nineteenth century, there were no true research universities in the country.

  8. PDF Research Universities: Core of the US science and technology system

    Research universities are a recent innovation, having emerged in Prussia in the early 19th century, and in the United States only in the aftermath of the Civil War. By 1940, perhaps a dozen American universities could be regarded as rst- ... For most of their history, beginning in the 11th and 12th centuries, European universities were teaching ...

  9. PDF Researcher development in universities: Origins and historical context

    the PhD in Britain) and another body of work on the history of the research university (including, for example, Clark, 2006 and Axtell, 2016). The task we set ourselves was to distil a coherent, and reasonably succinct, account of the history of researcher development in universities, particularly in Britain, that is as compatible as possible

  10. Everything you want to know about America's first research university

    total research and development spending. In fiscal year 2021, the university performed $3.181 billion in medical, science, and engineering research. It has ranked No. 1 in higher education research spending for the 43rd year in a row, according to the National Science Foundation. 4. Johns Hopkins is Maryland's largest

  11. PDF The Rise of the Research University: A Sourcebook

    The book is divided into five sections: "German Research Universities," "Americans Abroad and Returning," "American Adaptation," "Undergraduate Ed ucation in the University," and "Aftermath.". The first section, "German Re-search Universities," contains two texts on the University of Göttingen, which was established in ...

  12. Historical Evolution of Higher Education in the United States

    A seminal work—first published in 1963—on the history of the "federal grant university," what Kerr famously dubbed the "multiversity." Conceptually rich yet accessibly written, this book is essential reading for scholars, students, and administrators interested in understanding the behavior of the modern research university since ...

  13. The Rise of American Research Universities

    The Rise of American Research Universities provides a fresh historical interpretation of their ascendancy and a fresh, comprehensive estimate of their scholarly achievement. Before the Second World War, few universities in the United States had earned high respect among the international community of scholars and scientists.

  14. List of research universities in the United States

    Harper Quadrangle at the University of Chicago, a U.S. research university. This is a list of universities in the United States classified as research universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.Research institutions are a subset of doctoral degree-granting institutions and conduct research.These institutions "conferred at least 20 research/scholarship ...

  15. History of higher education in the United States

    The history of higher education in the United States begins in 1636 and continues to the present time.American higher education is known throughout the world for its dramatic expansion. It was also heavily influenced by British models in the colonial era, and German models in the 19th century. The American model includes private schools, mostly founded by religious denominations, as well as ...

  16. Research Universities

    The History of the Research University. The lineage of the U.S. research university can be traced to the great German and English universities and their respective forms and traditions. In fact, throughout most of the nineteenth century, there were no true research universities in the country. It was during the latter portion of the 1800s that ...

  17. Introduction to Historical Research : Home

    Learning to Do Historical Research: A Primer for Environmental Historians and Others. by William Cronon and his students, University of Wisconsin. A website designed as a basic introduction to historical research for anyone and everyone who is interested in exploring the past. Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College ...

  18. History

    The Universities Research Association (URA) was founded in 1965 by a cohort of 34 universities across the U.S. to "provide a national basis" for the management and operation of the proposed 200 GeV proton accelerator. This project emerged from recommendations on behalf of the scientific community to expand the frontiers of high-energy ...

  19. The Role Of Research At Universities: Why It Matters

    Universities engage in research as part of their missions around learning and discovery. This, in turn, contributes directly and indirectly to their primary mission of teaching. Universities and ...

  20. Home

    Department of History Undergraduate Research Prizes 2023-2024 The Department of History is pleased to announce the results of the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Research Prize competition. ... Department of History College Hall 208 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6379.

  21. Best Research Universities for History Degrees

    The best history research universities are those with rich histories of influence, proven through the work produced by the program's faculty and alumni. Beyond demonstrating scholarly impact in the field, the best history degree programs maximize your opportunities to interact with outstanding history faculty.

  22. Institute of Historical Research

    The Victoria County History is one of the world's longest-running research projects, exploring England's rich local history. The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context This research project seeks, for the first time, to produce a scholarly examination of the so-called 'Windrush Scandal' within a fully transnational ...

  23. Student research sheds light on history of Andrews ...

    For the pair of history concentrators at Brown — Harty, a senior, and Manning, a junior — it's been a thrilling opportunity to devote a semester to hands-on research about the University's 123-year-old Andrews House and help support a key moment for Brown's Cogut Institute for the Humanities, which is set to move into the newly ...

  24. Home

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  25. Research Scholar

    The goal of the research position is to provide Historic New England with a new foundation of knowledge in that subject area to transform the visitor experience at our sites. The position will require creative thinking and problem solving as well as experience with "reading between the lines" or "reading against the grain" of primary ...

  26. History of European universities

    European universities date from the founding of the University of Bologna in 1088 or the University of Paris (c. 1150-70). The original medieval universities arose from the Roman Catholic Church schools. Their purposes included training professionals, scientific investigation, improving society, and teaching critical thinking and research.

  27. History center, partners awarded Italian American research grant

    PITTSBURGH — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Senator John Heinz History Center and its partners at the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia ...

  28. 2024 Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellows selected to advance

    Her research will include investigating interest in community outreach, education, socio-political advocacy and identity, among other areas. Pisano hopes to ensure that universities are communicating the value of arts and humanities as fundamental to their institutional identity and the public spaces they occupy. Spencer Steenblik

  29. Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies News

    In celebration of Black History Month, the University and community present a wide range of events and gatherings. ... The central event of the research symposium was the faculty panel, held from 9:30 AM until noon. FALL 2022 SYMPOSIUM. September 22, 2022 "Rethinking the Mobilities of Migrant Children and Youth across the Americas ...

  30. Public Health graduates celebrate 2024 commencement

    More than 75 years of transformational research and hands-on social impact for a better world. ... UC Berkeley School of Public Health celebrated the class of 2024—the 80th class in its illustrious history—at UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre on May 13, 2024. ... University Medal finalists embraced resilience, compassion May 8, 2024 ...