Science and the university

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Stephan, Paula E., Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.
Series:Science and technology in society.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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 American citizen PhDs / Jeffrey A. Groen and Michael J. Rizzo
  • Where do new US-trained science engineering PhDs come from? / Richard B. Freeman, Emily Jin, and Chia-Yu Shen
  • Global research competition affects U.S. output / Diana M. Hicks
  • The workforce for biomedical research-- who will do the work? / Susan A. Gerbi and Howard Garrison.