Science for sale : the perils, rewards, and delusions of campus capitalism / Daniel S. Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Daniel S., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--United States--Finance.

Research.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Research institutes--Economic aspects--United States.

Research institutes.

Science--Economic aspects--United States.

Science.

Federal aid to research--United States.

Federal aid to research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years the news media have been awash in stories about increasingly close ties between college campuses and multimillion-dollar corporations. Our nation's universities, the story goes, reap enormous windfalls patenting products of scientific research that have been primarily funded by taxpayers. Meanwhile, hoping for new streams of revenue from their innovations, the same universities are allowing their research-and their very principles-to become compromised by quests for profit. But is that really the case? Is money really hopelessly corrupting science? With Science for Sale, acclaimed journalist Daniel S. Greenberg reveals that campus capitalism is more complicated-and less profitable-than media reports would suggest. While universities seek out corporate funding, news stories rarely note that those industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds. Also, while many universities have set up technology transfer offices to pursue profits through patents, many of those offices have been financial busts. Meanwhile, science is showing signs of providing its own solutions, as highly publicized misdeeds in pursuit of profits have provoked promising countermeasures within the field. But just because the threat is overhyped, Greenberg argues, doesn't mean that there's no danger. From research that has shifted overseas so corporations can avoid regulations to conflicts of interest in scientific publishing, the temptations of money will always be a threat, and they can only be countered through the vigilance of scientists, the press, and the public. Based on extensive, candid interviews with scientists and administrators, Science for Sale will be indispensable to anyone who cares about the future of scientific research.

Contents:

The setting and the system

Money for science : never enough

Elusive industrial angels

Commercialize! It's the law

Changing attitudes

The price of profits

Conflicts and interests

A new regime

As seen from the inside

six conversations

Success and remorse

A congenial partnership

When the rules change in midstream

Profits and principles

Generations apart

The journals revolt

Fixing the system

What's right and wrong, and how to make it better

Epilogue : a parable for our time.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-311) and index.

ISBN:

9786611956943

9781281956941

1281956945

9780226306261

0226306267

OCLC:

476229094