Defining Values for Research and Technology: The University’s Changing Role
Fall 2000-Spring 2001
Major universities have been called the “engines of economic growth” in the world’s new knowledge-based economy, a status that has spawned a new era of research parks and “industry-university” partnerships. Does this new status weaken or strengthen the incentives of research universities to address the basic needs of humankind?What does this new status mean for the arts and humanities? What values should drive research at major universities? Who should “own” the discoveries of publicly-funded universities?
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Auditorium, Beckman Institute
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Auditorium, College of Law
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