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Fateful Choices:

The Future of the U.S. Academic Research Enterprise
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Publication Year:1992

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This volume describes a vision for the future of U.S. academic research and the near-term actions and policies required to maintain the quality of academic research in the United States. It also describes longer-term strategic considerations for the enterprise in ...
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Front Matter i-xii  
Part One: A Vision for the Future 1-6 (skim)
Part Two: Achieving the Vision 7-50 (skim)
Part Three: Charting a New Course 51-58 (skim)
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This volume describes a vision for the future of U.S. academic research and the near-term actions and policies required to maintain the quality of academic research in the United States. It also describes longer-term strategic considerations for the enterprise in the next century, concluding with a discussion of new approaches to decision making within the academic research enterprise.

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