Research Universities and the Public Good - Discovery for an Uncertain Future

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 stirring and timely defense of an endangered class of institutions just in time.

List of contents

Introduction: Knowledge, Infrastructure, and the Need for Change

1. A System to Insure the Future

2. The Organization of Research Universities

3. Sources of Discovery: Networks on Campus

4. Community Anchors: Building Resilience and Connection

5. Hubs Linking Communities: Generating Solutions for Known and Unknown Problems

6. Facing the Future Together

About the author

Jason Owen-Smith is Professor of Sociology, Executive Director for the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS), Barger Leadership Institute Professor and Director, and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research, Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Owen-Smith
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781503615038
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1503-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Innovation and Technology in t; Innovation and Technology in the World Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics