In this Book
- Science and the University
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: Science and Technology in Society
summary
Science and the University investigates the tremendous changes that have taken place in university research over the past several decades, gauging the current state of research in higher education and examining issues and challenges crucial to its future. Scientific research increasingly dominates the aims and agendas of many American universities, and this proliferation—and changes in the way research is conducted—has given rise to important questions about the interrelations of higher education, funding for scientific research, and government policy. The cost of doing science, the commercialization of university research, the changing composition and number of Ph.D. students, the effect of scientific research on other university programs—these are just a few of the many issues explored in this volume from the vantage points of scholars in such diverse fields as economics, biochemistry, genetics, and labor studies.
Table of Contents
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- Financing Science and Engineering Research
- The Commercialization of Science
- Foreign Students and Scholars
- U.S.-Citizen PH.D.s in Science and Engineering
- The Changing Competitiveness of U.S. Science and the Organization of Academic Science
- Concluding Remarks
- Looking to the Future
- pp. 259-261
- References
- pp. 265-282
- Contributor
- pp. 283-285
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299224837
Related ISBN(s)
9780299224806
MARC Record
OCLC
173257080
Pages
315
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2007