Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine

by Elizabeth Popp Berman

Book Overview

When science adopts the logic of the market

American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. Creating the Market University is the first book to systematically examine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691147086
• ISBN13: 9780691147086
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"