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Atkinson, Richard C.; Pelfrey, Patricia A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2010
The current and still-evolving role of the American research university has been shaped by four key developments in the past sixty-five years: the historic decision to establish a comprehensive postwar federal science policy, described in Vannevar Bush's 1945 report, "Science, The Endless Frontier;" the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980; economic analyses…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Research and Development, School Business Relationship, Scientific Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Atkinson, Richard C.; Blanpied, William A. – Issues in Science and Technology, 1985
Argues that both science and society will be better served if the scientific community recognizes that it must assume a strong, coherent negotiating stance in its relationship with government as it did 40 years ago. Defense of the peer review principle is essential to the achievement of this stance. (JN)
Descriptors: Government Role, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Research and Development