Universities and colleges as economic drivers measuring higher education's role in economic development /

Universities and colleges as economic drivers measuring higher education's role in economic development / edited by Jason E. Lane and D. Bruce Johnstone ; foreword by Nancy L. Zimpher. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xxi, 316 pages) : illustrations. - Critical issues in higher education .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Higher education and economic competitiveness / The diversity of university economic development activities and issues of impact measurement / Pitfalls of traditional measures of higher education's role in economic development / On the measurement of university research contributions to economic growth and innovation / University-industry-government collaboration for economic growth / The convergence of postsecondary education and the labor market / The essential role of community colleges in rebuilding the nation's communities and economies / The international dimensions of higher education's contributions to economic development / Unanticipated consequences of university intellectual property policies -- Jason owen-smith -- The impact of the 2008 great recession on college and university contributions to state and regional economic growth / Jason E. Lane -- Thomas Gais and David Wright -- Peter McHenry, Allen R. Sanderson, and John J. Siegfried -- Maryann P. Feldman, Allan M. Freyer, and Lauren Lanahan -- Laura I. Schultz -- Anthony Carnevale and Steven Rose -- James Jacobs -- Jason E. Lane and Taya L. Owens -- D. Bruce Johnstone.



9781438445021


Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
Academic-industrial collaboration.
Economic development--Effect of education on.


Electronic Books.

LC67 / .U558 2012