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Higher education: retrospect and prospect

Nature volume 287, pages 257–258 (1980)Cite this article

Higher Education Revisited.

By Lord Robbins. Pp.117. (Macmillan: London/Holmes and Meier: New York, 1980.) £12, $34.

Higher Education for the Future.

By Charles Carter. Pp.160. (Basil Blackwell: 1980.) £7.50. Available from Biblio Distribution Centre, Totowa, NJ, $15.

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  1. Chemist who was Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham University from 1965 to 1970 and Chairman of the University Grants Committee from 1973 to 1978. He is currently Chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board and the British Library Board.

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