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Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine
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Berman, Elizabeth Popp – Princeton University Press, 2012
American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. "Creating the Market University" is…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Industry, Universities, Intellectual Property
Science as Intellectual Property: Who Controls Research? AAAS Series on Issues in Science and Technology.
Nelkin, Dorothy – 1984
The controversial question of who controls research stands at the center of a growing number of legal and administrative disputes which raise critical issues of professional sovereignty, scientific secrecy, and proprietary rights. Although the idea of knowledge as property is not new, the scale and changing nature and structure of contemporary…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Confidentiality, Disclosure, Higher Education
Opportunities in Chemistry.
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1986
Because of the changes occurring in the chemical sciences, a new survey of chemistry and its intellectual and economic impact was clearly needed. This report presents a current assessment of the status of chemistry and of the future opportunities in the field. This analysis contains: (1) an introductory chapter (establishing the need for the…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Case Studies, Chemical Industry, Chemistry
The Soviet Academy of Sciences and Technological Development.
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Kassel, Simon; Campbell, Cathleen – 1980
This report examines the impact of the Soviet Academy of Sciences on the development of technology in the Soviet Union, finding that the future of Soviet technology depends significantly on the Academy and that severe problems stemming from its nature and its relationship with Soviet industry encumber the Academy's ability to serve Soviet…
Descriptors: College Science, Development, Education Work Relationship, Engineering
Research and Higher Education: The United Kingdom and the United States.
Whiston, Thomas G., Ed.; Geiger, Roger L., Ed. – 1992
This collection of conference papers includes contributions from the United Kingdom and the United States on the research function of higher education. Part 1 considers the national systems, focusing on three subthemes: past and present trends, issues in funding research, and connections with industry. Papers include: "The Dynamics of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Financial Support
Scientific and Technical Chinese, Volume I. A Textbook of Twenty-One Lessons and Supplementary Readings.
Kao, Kung-yi; And Others – 1978
An intermediate-level textbook intended for those who have had at least 2 1/2 years of Chinese language study is presented. The objective of the text is to assist in developing the reading and conversational skills required for dealing with general topics in the pure and applied sciences. Common terms and concepts from three general fields (Life…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Chinese, Electronics Industry