David Baker – Invited keynote lecture at University of Luxembourg, April 26, 2017

David Baker – Invited keynote lecture at University of Luxembourg, April 26, 2017

David Baker – Invited keynote lecture at University of Luxembourg, April 26, 2017

David Baker – Invited keynote lecture at University of Luxembourg, April 26, 2017

Examining science production in the United States throughout an era of massified higher education and the “super research university,” David Baker argues that world-leading U.S. scientific production resulted from an unexpected synergy between the rise of research universities, particularly public ones, and the comparatively rapid development of mass schooling, leading to mass access to higher education.

David Baker - Invited keynote lecture at University of Luxembourg

Examining science production in the United States throughout an era of massified higher education and the “super research university,” David Baker argues that world-leading U.S. scientific production resulted from an unexpected synergy between the rise of research universities, particularly public ones, and the comparatively rapid development of mass schooling, leading to mass access to higher education.