History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century

Ballantyne, Kate; Irish, Tomás; Lerg, Charlotte; Loss, Christopher P.; Laqua, Daniel

doi:10.1111/1468-229x.70048

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History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century

Kate Ballantyne

, Tomás Irish

, Charlotte Lerg, Christopher P. Loss, Daniel Laqua

History, Volume: 110, Issue: 392, Pages: 546 - 559

Swansea University Author: Tomás Irish

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This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debates, including questions of academic freedom and free speech, the state's role in research fundin...

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History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century

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