TOPIC:  UNIVERSITY RESEARCH POLICY ISSUES

Research universities have an important role in science policy, and therefore are faced with many issues including supply and demand of science professionals, conflicting demands on faculty due to research, federal policies on campus, export controls, tech transfer, ethics, etc.

Questions to consider 

• What kind of research policies do universities deal with?
• How will the universities of the future change these policies?
• What are the pros and cons of congressional earmarking for universities?

Resources

• Association of American Universities
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Neal, H.A., T. Smith, J. McCormick, 2008: Beyond Sputnik: U.S. Science Policy in the Twenty-First Century, University of Michigan Press. (Chapter 6)

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