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Peer reviewedBourke, Jaron; Weissman, Robert – Academe, 1990
Universities are compounding the problems created by faculty entrepreneurship by gaining an unprecedented financial interest in the prosperity of the biomedical industry. This interferes with the institutions' other functions of critiquing social policy, explaining technical matters, and performing research for publicly decided goals. The…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Faculty, College Role, Entrepreneurship
Peer reviewedAcademe, 1986
The implications of applying state sunshine laws to state colleges and universities are examined. Considerations of political pressure, loss of privacy for individuals, difficulty in obtaining candid evaluations, and the threat of competition are cited. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Competition, Decision Making
