AAU Announces National Defense Education, Innovation Initiative

From: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | Date: April 24, 2006| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

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The Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization of 62 leading public and private research universities, has proposed a national education and innovation initiative "aimed at meeting the economic and security challenges we will face over the next half-century."

The initiative, described in an AAU white paper, contains a broad set of recommendations for policy changes and investments, primarily by universities and the federal government, designed t...

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