Deliberations about the meanings and uses of higher education continue apace. The global economic crisis has exasperated the significance of this centuries old debate, in part because of serious fiscal pressures, but also because of the perception that higher education is now becoming the ‘railroad of the 21st century’. Why is the ‘railroad of the [...]
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Deliberating about bridging the gap between industry and universities in a global knowledge economy
Posted in Public-private, technology transfer, UK, University-industry linkages, tagged Amsterdam University College, CBI, Confederation of British Industry, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University, KAUST, League of European Universities, LERU, Mark Slouka, Research Assessment Exercise, Research Excellence Framework, Richard Lambert, Sam Laidlaw on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
