Research universities and the public good : discovery for an uncertain future /

"Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or "disrupt" higher education, Jason Owen-Smith argues that research universities are unique gems that deserve our financial and social support. While they are complex and costly, their enduring value is threefold: they...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owen-Smith, Jason (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press, [2018]
Colección:Innovation and technology in the world economy.
Temas:
Research institutes > Social aspects > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Academic-industrial collaboration > United States.
Federal aid to research > United States.
Universités > États-Unis.
Collaboration université-industrie > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Academic-industrial collaboration.
Federal aid to research.
Research institutes > Social aspects.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or "disrupt" higher education, Jason Owen-Smith argues that research universities are unique gems that deserve our financial and social support. While they are complex and costly, their enduring value is threefold: they simultaneously act as sources of new knowledge, anchors for regional and national economies, and hubs that connect disparate parts of society. Based on his stellar research, he offers a fresh and stirring defense of an endangered class of institutions just in time"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503607095
1503607097

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