University futures

摘要

In "Science and the Entrepreneurial University" (Issues, Summer 2010), Richard C. Atkinson and Patricia A. Pelfrey remind us of the extent to which the U.S. economy is increasingly driven by science and technology and the central role the the U.S. research university plays in producing both new knowledge and human capital. Although policymakers should already be aware that federal support for academic research is critical to economic prosperity, academic leaders would do well to recall that the movement of ideas, products, and processes from universities into application requires diligent guidance.