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This report examines trends in university finance, prospects for improving university operations, opportunities for deploying technology, and improvement in the regulation of higher education institutions. It also explores ways to improve pathways to graduate education, take advantage of opportunities to increase student diversity, and realign doctoral education for the careers new doctorates will follow. Research Universities and the Future of America is an important resource for policy makers on the federal and state levels, university administrators, philanthropic organizations, faculty, technology transfer specialists, libraries, and researchers.
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Revitalizing the University-Industry-Government Partnership: Creating New Opportunities for the 21st Century: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
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·2018
Strengthening the long-standing university-industry-government partnership is necessary to safeguard continued American leadership in research and innovation to support America's prosperity, security, and national goals. On November 15, 2017, more than 300 educators, researchers, business and govern...
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Beyond Bias and Barriers Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering
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Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads
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Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education
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Science Professionals Master's Education for a Competitive World
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Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers
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Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States
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Preparing for the Revolution Information Technology and the Future of the Research University
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Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
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Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research A Workshop Summary
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
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Research Universities and the Future of America
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Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security (2012)
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Expanding Minority Participation
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