TY - BOOK AU - Owen-Smith,Jason TI - Research universities and the public good: discovery for an uncertain future T2 - Innovation and technology in the world economy SN - 9781503607095 AV - LB2372.3 .O94 2018 U1 - 378.007 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press KW - Research institutes KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Universities and colleges KW - Academic-industrial collaboration KW - Federal aid to research KW - Universités KW - États-Unis KW - Collaboration université-industrie KW - EDUCATION KW - Higher KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: knowledge, infrastructure, and the need for change -- A system to insure the future -- The organization of research universities -- Sources of discovery: networks on campus -- Community anchors: building resilience and connection -- Hubs linking communities: generating solutions for known and unknown problems -- Facing the future together N2 - "Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or "disrupt" higher education, Jason Owen-Smith argues that research universities are unique gems that deserve our financial and social support. While they are complex and costly, their enduring value is threefold: they simultaneously act as sources of new knowledge, anchors for regional and national economies, and hubs that connect disparate parts of society. Based on his stellar research, he offers a fresh and stirring defense of an endangered class of institutions just in time"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1857392 ER -