Conflicts in Societal Research: A Study of One RANN Project Suggests that Benefiting Society May Cost Universities.

Salancik, Gerald R.; Lamont, Valarie C.

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Conflicts in Societal Research: A Study of One RANN Project Suggests that Benefiting Society May Cost Universities

Salancik, Gerald R.; Lamont, Valarie C.

Journal of Higher Education, 46, 2, 161-176, Mar/Apr 75

Describes a project at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to illustrate the conflicts of doing research on social problems in a university setting. It was concluded that doing research on social problems affects the conduct of science as it relates to control and self-determination over research. (Editor/PG)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Costs, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Research, Research Projects, Social Problems, Universities

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