Science and the university
By: edited by Paula E. Stephan and Ronald G. Ehrenberg.
Contributors: Stephan, Paula E.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Series: Science and technology in society
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780299224806
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States; Research -- United States -- Finance; Graduate students in science -- United States; Science students -- United States; Universities and colleges -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who bears the growing cost of science at universities? / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo and George H. Jakubson; title: How does the government (want to) fund science?:  politics, lobbying and academic earmarks / John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman; title: University science research funding: privatizing policy and practice / Risa L. Lieberwitz; title: Patterns of research and licensing activity of science and engineering faculty / Jerry G. Thursby and Marie C. Thursby; title: Commercialization and the scientific research process: the example of plant breeding / W. Ronnie Coffman, William H. Lesser and Susan R. McCouch; title: The importance of foreign Ph.D. students to U.S. science / Grant G. Black and Paula E. Stephan; title: Do foreign students crowd out native students from graduate programs? / George J. Borjas; title: Foreign scholars in U.S. science: contributions and costs / Paula E. Stephan and Sharon G. Levin; title: The changing composition of American citizen PhDs / Jeffrey A. Groen and Michael J. Rizzo; title: Where do new US-trained science engineering PhDs come from? / Richard B. Freeman, Emily Jin, and Chia-Yu Shen; title: Global research competition affects U.S. output / Diana M. Hicks; title: The workforce for biomedical research; title: who will do the work? / Susan A. Gerbi and Howard Garrison.