Higher Education and Economic Development in the West. Report of a Regional Conference Held at Denver, Colorado on March 19-21, 1980

摘要

The focus of the conference was an exploration of how the West's resources in higher education could be exploited for the benefit of the region's economic development needs. The conference identified higher education's contributions as instruction, research, and public service, and drew up 20 recommendations for action encompassing (1) manpower, (2) research, (3) faculty incentives, (4) funding issues, and (5) coordination and communication.