UO raises the bar on higher education
The University of Oregon hopes to improve its scholarly standing by hiring new faculty in academic “clusters,” to lift the university to pre-eminence in specific narrow fields, mostly in the sciences.
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The University of Oregon hopes to improve its scholarly standing by hiring new faculty in academic “clusters,” to lift the university to pre-eminence in specific narrow fields, mostly in the sciences.
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