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Download full textDouglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The acceptance of new growth theory relates, in part, to a number of highly touted regional success stories--or what I term "Knowledge Based Economic Areas" (KBEAs) in this and past essays. The United States, and California in particular, is viewed as perhaps the most robust creators of KBEAs, providing an influential model that is…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Economic Development, Regional Characteristics, Research Universities
Atkinson, Richard C.; Pelfrey, Patricia A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2010
The current and still-evolving role of the American research university has been shaped by four key developments in the past sixty-five years: the historic decision to establish a comprehensive postwar federal science policy, described in Vannevar Bush's 1945 report, "Science, The Endless Frontier;" the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980; economic analyses…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Research and Development, School Business Relationship, Scientific Research
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2006
The convergence of US federal science and economic policy that began in earnest in the Reagan administration formed the first stage in an emerging post-Cold War drive toward technological innovation. A frenzy of new state-based initiatives now forms the Second Stage, further promoting universities as decisive tools for economic competitiveness.…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Research and Development, Higher Education, State Government
King, C. Judson – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
California has achieved considerable economic success through technological innovation and the formation of businesses based upon those technologies. This paper addresses some of the roles of universities in that success story. It starts with some measures of the contributions of innovation and a robust university structure to the California…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Innovation, Institutional Role, State Universities
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Research universities throughout the world are part of a larger effort by nation-states to bolster science and technological innovation and compete economically. The US remains highly competitive as a source of High Tech (HT) innovation because of a number of market positions, many the result of long term investments in institutions such as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Universities, Graduation Rate, Intellectual Property
Atkinson, Richard C.; Blanpied, William A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This paper traces the historical development of the American research and technology enterprise from its origins in the post-Civil War period to its current international dominance in the discovery and dissemination of scientific knowledge. U.S. research universities have become the vital center of this enterprise over the past 60 years. But…
Descriptors: Research Universities, United States History, Research and Development, Foreign Countries
