Universities and colleges as economic drivers
By: edited by Jason E. Lane and D. Bruce Johnstone
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781438445007; 9781438445014
Subjects: Economic aspects; Higher Education; Economic development; Academic-industrial collaboration; Effect of education on
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Higher education and economic competitiveness / Jason E. Lane; title: The diversity of university economic development activities and issues of impact measurement / Thomas Gais and David Wright; title: Pitfalls of traditional measures of higher education's role in economic development / Peter McHenry, Allen R. Sanderson, and John J. Siegfried; title: On the measurement of university research contributions to economic growth and innovation / Maryann P. Feldman, Allan M. Freyer, and Lauren Lanahan; title: University-industry-government collaboration for economic growth / Laura I. Schultz; title: The convergence of postsecondary education and the labor market / Anthony Carnevale and Steven Rose; title: The essential role of community colleges in rebuilding the nation's communities and economies / James Jacobs; title: The international dimensions of higher education's contributions to economic development / Jason E. Lane and Taya L. Owens; title: Unanticipated consequences of university intellectual property policies; title: Jason owen-smith; title: The impact of the 2008 great recession on college and university contributions to state and regional economic growth / D. Bruce Johnstone.