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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778145103321

Titolo

Science and the university [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paula E. Stephan and Ronald G. Ehrenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-25597-5

9786612255977

0-299-22483-X

Descrizione fisica

x, 304 p. : ill

Collana

Science and technology in society

Altri autori (Persone)

StephanPaula E

EhrenbergRonald G

Disciplina

507/.073

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.