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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Owen-Smith, Jason (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press, [2018]
Collection:Innovation and technology in the world economy.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: knowledge, infrastructure, and the need for change
  • A system to insure the future
  • The organization of research universities
  • Sources of discovery: networks on campus
  • Community anchors: building resilience and connection
  • Hubs linking communities: generating solutions for known and unknown problems
  • Facing the future together.

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