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1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface by Jouke de Vries, President of the Board of the University Introduction 1. Early heyday (1614-1714) 2. Enlightenment -- but in moderation (1714-1814) 3. A century of extremes (1814-1914) 4. War and threats (1914-1945) 5. Growing pains and democratization (1945-1980) 6. Pragmatism with a touch of idealism (1980-2000) 7. The global university (2000-today) Acknowledgements Index |
| Summary |
The University of Groningen has been an international university since its foundation in 1614. The first professors formed a rich international community, and many students came from outside the Netherlands, especially from areas now belonging to Germany. Internationalization, a popular slogan nowadays, is therefore nothing new, but its meaning has changed over time. How did the University of Groningen grow from a provincial institution established for religious reasons into a top-100 university with 36,000 students, of whom 25% come from abroad and almost half of the academic staff is of foreign descent? What is the identity of this four-century-old university that is still strongly anchored in the northern part of the Netherlands but that also has a mind that is open to the world? The history of the university, as told by Klaas van Berkel and Guus Termeer, ends with a short paragraph on the impact of the corona crisis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen -- History
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
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Universities and colleges -- Netherlands
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Social and cultural history.
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Universities.
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EDUCATION / Higher.
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HISTORY / Europe / Western.
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HISTORY / Study & Teaching.
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Intellectual life
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Universities and colleges
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Higher education, tertiary education.
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Social and cultural history.
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History of science.
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Groningen (Netherlands) -- Intellectual life
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Netherlands
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Netherlands -- Groningen
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Termeer, Guus, 1954- author.
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9789048555055 |
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9048555051 |
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