Week 8

March 4, 2008 - The Role of Universities

Articles

Michael M. Crow and Christopher Tucker. 2001. “The American Research University as  America’s de facto Technology Policy.” Science and Public Policy 28(1):1-9

Coleman, M.S. 2007. Partner or Perish—Universities as Agents of Change. AAAS-CSPO S&T Policy Review: Highlights of the 2007 Forum on S&T Policy

Florida, R. 1999. The role of the university: Leveraging talent, not technology. Issues in Science and Technology. Online at: www.issues.org/15.4/florida.htm

Press, E. and Washburn, J. 2000. The Kept University. Atlantic Monthly, March 2000.39-54

Rosenberg, N. and Nelson, R.R. 1994. American universities and technical advance in industry. Research Policy 23:323-348

Rafferty, M. 2008. The Bayh-Dole Act and university research and development. Research Policy 37:29-40

Eugene B. Skolnikoff. “Research in U.S. Universities in a Technologically Competitive World.” Pp. 194-223 in David H. Guston and Kenneth Keniston, eds. The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994)

Bhattacharjee, Y. 2007. New analysis questions push for more degrees. Science 318:1052