Defining Values for Research and Technology: The University's Changing RoleWilliam T. Greenough, Philip J. McConnaughay, Jay P. Kesan Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 - 239 páginas Since the end of the Cold War, federal funding for research at American universities has sharply decreased, while changes in federal policy have combined with the emergence of new high-technology fields to make universities an attractive partner to private industry. In thirteen insightful and wide-ranging essays, Defining Values for Research and Technology examines the modern research university in the throes of this transition. While acknowledging the challenges of increased corporate funding, its contributors argue that university-industry partnerships have the potential to both benefit industrial expansion and enrich academic life. |
Índice
Research Universities in the Third Millennium Genius with Character | 1 |
The University of the Twentyfirst Century Artifact Sea Anchor or Pathfinder? | 9 |
Can Universities Survive the Global Knowledge Revolution? | 19 |
The Changing Nature of Innovation in the United States | 33 |
Back to the Future The Increasing Importance of the States in Setting the Research Agenda | 51 |
Global Public Goods for Poor Farmers Myth or Reality? | 67 |
Science and Sustainable Food Security | 97 |
Federal Science Policy and University Research Agendas | 115 |
The PublicPrivate Divide in Genomics | 147 |
The Effects of UniversityCorporate Relations on Biotechnology Research | 169 |
The Governmentalization and Corporatization of Research | 187 |
Technology and the Humanities in the Global Economy | 209 |
Index | 223 |
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About the Contributors | 231 |
The Ethical Challenges of the Academic Pork Barrel | 127 |
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