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crl-14765	Walther, Robert	University and Society: Essays on the Social Role of Research and Higher Education (Book Review)	1992-11-01	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1133	74	62	The essays are of two kinds: (1) case studies of particular issues in specific countries (e.g., the Historiker- streit among West German scholars con- cerning the Nazi era; the impact of nineteenth-century student activism on the formation of Swedish research univer- sities; the role of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Develop- ment in setting research agendas); and (2) concise general surveys of larger themes (e.g., the exceptionalism of American higher education; the growing fragmen- tation of research, teaching and study; the dominance of scientific discourse in . It contains eighteen essays by an international set of scholars focus- ing on the creation of expert knowl- edge through university research and on the social and economic role of that knowledge in the United States and European countries.	cache/crl-14765.pdf	txt/crl-14765.txt