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Science and the University

By Ronald G. Ehrenberg , Paula E. Stephan

Book information

Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0299224805, 9780299224806, 9780299224837
LCC
Q183.3.A1 S3515 2007
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1524801 bytes)
Series
Science and Technology in Society
Edition
1st
Pages
320\317
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Science and the University investigates the tremendous changes that have taken place in university research over the past several decades, gauging the current state of research in higher education and examining issues and challenges crucial to its future. Scientific research increasingly dominates the aims and agendas of many American universities, and this proliferation—and changes in the way research is conducted—has given rise to important questions about the interrelations of higher education, funding for scientific research, and government policy. The cost of doing science, the commercialization of university research, the changing composition and number of Ph.D. students, the effect of scientific research on other university programs—these are just a few of the many issues explored in this volume from the vantage points of scholars in such diverse fields as economics, biochemistry, genetics, and labor studies.

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