Defining values for research and technology : the university's changing role / edited by William T. Greenough, Philip J. McConnaughay, and Jay P. Kesan.

Other author Greenough, William T.
Other author McConnaughay, Philip J.
Other author Kesan, Jay P.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2007.
Descriptionxix, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents The purpose of the research university -- Research universities in the third millennium : genius with character / Donald N. Langenberg -- The university of the twenty-first century : artifact, sea anchor, or pathfinder? / John H. Gibbons -- Can universities survive the global knowledge revolution? / Lord Meghnad Desai -- Forging partnerships with industry and governments -- The changing nature of innovation in the United States / Erich Bloch -- Back to the future : the increasing importance of the states in setting the research agenda / Larry Smarr -- Global public goods for poor farmers : myth or reality? / Timothy G. Reeves and Kelly A. Cassaday -- Science and sustainable food security / M.S. Swaminathan -- Funding, economic incentives, and the research agenda -- Federal science policy and university research agendas / Kathie L. Olsen and Ann B. Carlson -- The ethical challenges of the academic pork barrel / James D. Savage -- The public-private divide in genomics / Rebecca Eisenberg -- The dark side of university-corporate partnerships -- The effects of university-corporate relations on biotechnology research / Michael K. Hansen -- The governmentalization and corporatization of research / Toby Miller -- Technology and the humanities in the "global" economy / Masao Miyoshi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006018424
ISBN0742550257 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742550254 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742550265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742550261 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742550254
ISBN9780742550261