Science and the university

Science and the university [electronic resource] / edited by Paula E. Stephan and Ronald G. Ehrenberg. - Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007. - x, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Science and technology in society . - Science and technology in society. .

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

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.


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Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Research--Finance.--United States
Graduate students in science--United States.
Science students--United States.
Universities and colleges--United States.


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