File relating to a tour of U.S. universities and governments agencies made by Bowden in August-September 1964. The visit was sponsored by the Ford Foundation, and organized by the Institute of International Education. He was particularly concerned with how the U.S. government employed scientific experts and applied their expertise in public policy [this was related to his work with the Labour Party Science Group (BVB/1/26)].The file includes correspondence relating to arrangements and a copy of Bowden's report on his findings, dated 10 September 1964, outlining his views on the US higher education system, and American attitudes to industrial innovation.
File: USA trip 1964
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- Dates of Creation1964
- Physical Description4 folders