The University's Role in Economic Development: From Research to Outreach
Subtitle: New Directions for Higher Education (J-B HE Single Issue Higher Education)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: June 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780787998905
Subjects: Funding of education; Higher & further education; Economics Of Higher Education; Education / Teaching; Education; Administration - General; Education / Administration; Funding
Description: The future of our global economy will be in knowledge and technology based economic development. Remaining competitive in a global economy will require the ability to harness the research and educational resources of higher education institutions. Simultaneously, state and land-grand universities are seeking to reinvent their outreach missions with a major focus on providing direct services for local and regional economic development. This volume of New Directions for Higher Education offers models the academy can use to become an engine of economic development -- from cover.