ERIC Number: ED372707
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 285
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8476-7897-0
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University-Business Partnerships: An Assessment. Issues in Academic Ethics.
Bowie, Norman E.
This book examines the rapid growth of university-business partnerships during the 1980s, discussing the costs and benefits that business partnerships bring to American higher education. Part 1 traces the history of university-business partnerships in the 20th century, discusses the significance of government assistance for university-business partnerships, reviews the role of private business in developing these relationships, examines the activities of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, and looks at university-business partnerships in other nations. Part 2 evaluates these partnerships, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of such university-business relations, focusing on economic risks for universities, conflict-of-interest problems, and the clash between academic and business values. Part 3, the bulk of the text, contains readings and begins with six contending evaluations of university-business partnerships: (1) "The Evolution of Research and Development Policy in a Corporation: A Case Study" (W. G. Simeral); (2) "The Commercialized University" (Derek Bok); (3) "Technology Transfer at MIT" (Paul E. Gray); (4) "Technology Transfer at MIT: A Critical View" (David Noble); (5) "Technology Transfer in Biotech" (Howard A. Schneiderman); and (6) "The Erosion of the Academic Ethos: The Case of Biology" (Nicholas Wade). Part 3 continues with seven historical documents that characterize the scope and substance of university-business partnerships and five case studies of specific partnership agreements. (Contains approximately 225 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Conflict of Interest, Cost Effectiveness, Criticism, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, Private Financial Support, School Business Relationship, Universities
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706 (paperback, ISBN-0-8476-7897-0: $24.95; hardcover, ISBN-0-8476-7896-2: $64.50).
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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