Science and Technology in the Academic Enterprise - Status, Trends, and Issues

The U.S. academic research enterprise is entering a new era characterized by remarkable opportunities and increased strain. This two-part volume integrates the experiential knowledge of group members with quantitative data analyses in order to examine the status of scientific and technological research in academic settings. Part One reviews the status of the current research enterprise, emerging trends affecting it, and issues central to its future. Part Two is an overview of the enterprise and describes long-term trends in financial and human resources. This new book will be useful in stimulating policy discussions--especially among individuals and organizations that fund or perform academic research.

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Integrates the experiential knowledge of group members with quantitative data analyses to examine the status of scientific and technological research in academic settings. This two-part volume reviews the status of the research enterprise, trends affecting it, and the issues. It describes long-term trends in financial and human resources.

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• Authors: Erich Bloch, Government-University-Industry Research, Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, Institute of Medicine, National Academy Of Engineering, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, The Government-University-Industry Resea, The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1989
• EAN: 9780309041751
• ISBN: 978-0-309-04175-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 266 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)