Science and the university / edited by Paula E. Stephan and Ronald G. Ehrenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephan, Paula E.

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Series:

Science and technology in society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching (Higher).

Science students.

Graduate students in science.

United States.

Research--United States--Finance.

Research.

Finance.

Graduate students in science--United States.

Science students--United States.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

x, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2007]

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.

Contents:

Who bears the growing cost of science at universities? / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo, and George H. Jakubson

How does the government (want to) fund science?: politics, lobbying, and academic earmarks / John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman

University science research funding: privatizing policy and practice / Risa L. Lieberwitz

Patterns of research and licensing activity of science and engineering faculty / Jerry G. Thursby and Marie C. Thursby

Commercialization and the scientific research process: the example of plant breeding / W. Ronnie Coffman, William H. Lesser, and Susan R. McCouch

The importance of foreign Ph.D. students to U.S. science / Grant G. Black and Paula E. Stephan

Do foreign students crowd out native students from graduate programs? / George J. Borjas

Foreign scholars in U.S. science: contributions and costs / Paula E. Stephan and Sharon G. Levin

The changing composition of U.S.-citizen Ph.D.s / Jeffrey A. Groen and Michael J. Rizzo

Where do new U.S.-trained science and engineering Ph.D.s come from? / Richard B. Freeman, Emily Jin, and Chia-Yu Shen

Global research competition affects measured U.S. academic output / Diana M. Hicks

The workforce for biomedical research

who will do the work? / Susan A. Gerbi and Howard Garrison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.

ISBN:

0299224805

9780299224806

OCLC:

124156105

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