Discusses a case study of a research university's technology transfer policies. Explores the process by which organizational policies concerning faculty patent rights are defined. Identifies competing myths that structure deliberations of the university's technology transfer committee. Raises questions concerning competition among groups to define…

Globalization of the political economy, and the attendant reductions in government funding, liaisons with business and industry, and marketing of educational and business services, has been changing the nature of academic labor. The first three chapters discuss the ways in which global political and economic changes have had an impact on higher…