Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers

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313 INDEX Note numbers are indicated by a page number followed by n. A AAU. See American Association of Universities Abu Dhabi, 12, 226, 230 African Development Bank, 230 American Academy for the Advancement of Science, 134–135 American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), 195–196 American Association of Universities (AAU), 17, 24–25n5 American Legislative Exchange Council , 24n2 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 278, 281 Anchor institution, xiv, 15 Antioch College, 67 APLU. See Association of Public Land Grant Universities Apprenticeships, 45 Arizona State University, 92n16 Associate’s degree, 187n5, 187n6 earnings, 181 lifetime earnings, 176 proportion of jobs by level of required education, 179 Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU), xiv, 221 Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), 101–102, 149, 264–265 Athletics, 63–64, 73, 74, 76, 85–86 Auburn University, 83 Australia, 216, 221–222 Australian Council for Private Education and Training, 216 Australian Educational Services for Overseas Students Act (ESOS), 221–222 AUTM. See Association of University Technology Managers B Bachelor’s degree, 187n6 earnings with, 181 lifetime earnings with, 176 median earnings by college major, 185 proportion of jobs by level of required education, 179 wage premium for employees with, 173 Bayh-Dole Act (1980), 92n18, 142, 239, 245, 247, 250, 264, 271n1 BHEF. See Business-Higher Education Forum Bhutan, 12 Binghamton University (SUNY), 41 “Brain drain,” 11 BrainKorea21 (BK21), 11 Brookhaven Labs, 285 314 INDEx Brookings Institution, 43 Brown University, 214 Bureau of Economic Analysis, 157 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 150, 156, 157 Businesses, 9, 13, 14, 69, 191, 194– 196, 209, 287. See also Workforce business services and management assistance, 44–45 collaboration with higher education, xi, 36–38, 84, 138, 206, 291 student internships, 45, 148, 288 support for, 14, 21–24, 36–38, 41, 43–45, 144–145, 198–199, 209, 224 Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF), xiv C California State Polytechnic University, 16, 25n6 California State University, 17–18, 19 CalTech, 155 Canada, 166, 186n2, 216 Carnegie Mellon University, 11, 113, 230 CCI. See Centers for Chemical Innovation Centennial Campus, 43 Center for Community Business and Social Entrepreneurship (SUNY Geneseo), 46 Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes (CERSP), 97, 99–100, 103–109 education programs from, 115–116 IMPLAN estimates of annual economic impacts for, 111 new and active research projects, 2000–2009, 122 public benefits of, 114–116 Center for Nanoscience and Technology , 285 Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI), 117–118 Centers of Excellence, 138, 140 CERSP. See Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes Children, Youth, and Family Consortium , 46 China, 11, 220–221 City University of New York (CUNY), 199, 282 Clifton, Jim, 6 CNBC, 24n2 CNSE. See College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colby University, 70 Collaboration, 155. See also Collaborative Research Centers between community colleges and universities, 198–199, 201 as economic development strategies, 21–24, 193–195, 200–201 between higher education and business , 36–38 between higher education and government , 2–3, 284–286 public-private partnerships, 287 research, 153–155, 257 Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs), 139–142 College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) (SUNY), 42, 48, 50, 56, 139–141, 155, 146, 148, 301 College of St. Benedict, 66 College of William and Mary, 67 College towns, xv, 77, 80, 85, 90n9 Columbia University, 72, 140 The Coming Jobs War (Clifton), 6 Communities, 24, 69, 90n7, 116, 206, 216, 222 community colleges and, 192, 195, 197–200 revitalization of, 12–16, 21–24, 35, 36–38, 45, 46–47, 57141, 192 SUNY and, xii–xiv, 24 Community colleges, x, xii, xv, 9, 13, 16, 17, 45, 48, 80, 137, 140, 148, 191–203, 288, 290 economic development activities of, Index 315 36–38, 197–200 economic development and, 193–195 incubators and, 198–199 workforce development and, 195–197 Competitive advantage, 2, 4–11, 24n1, 211–212 of postsecondary education and the labor market, 166–169 as traditional role in higher education , 32–33 The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter), 2, 7, 24n1 Competitiveness economic, 1–25. 32, 36, 277 global, 4–9, 206, 208–211, 213, 220, 231, 285–289 higher education’s contribution to state economic competitiveness, 12–16 national, 9–12, 129, 135, 138, 166–169 Cornell University, 84, 140, 142, 155 Council of Europe, 222 Council on Competitiveness, 137 Council on Public Engagement, 46 Counterfactuals, 52–53, 62, 66–69, 87, 105 CRCs. See Collaborative Research Centers Crime...