Thoughts on higher education and scientific research

IT Professional

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 6-9

  Voas, Jeffrey ^a   Hurlburt, George F ^b   Miller, Keith W ^c   Laplante, Phillip A ^d   Michael, Bret ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Change Index ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Books; Cancer; Compounds; Economics; Education; NIST; Physics

Indexed keywords

BOOKS; CANCER; COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; COMPOUNDS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; NIST; ONE DIMENSION; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; TIPPING POINT;

DISEASES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 79953072623     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2011.34     Document Type: Article

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