{"product_id":"9780985794620","title":"Higher Education in Partnership with Industry","description":"In 1988 when Higher Education in Partnership with Industry was published by Jossey-Bass (now part of Wiley), university-business partnerships were moving well beyond land grant campuses to varied college and university settings. This was among the first book-length works on the subject.\u003cp\u003eCurrently, academe is being redefined against its will by world-wide recession and efforts in the political sphere to balance budgets rather than invest in education and research. Disruptive technologies and a shift to an information management-based economy have emerged at a time of deep cuts in state funding of higher education and reduced federal investment in university-based research. As a result, ever-closer ties with business and industry may be needed for some institutions to thrive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalancing needs for institutional support, research funding, and curricula that prepare students to be employed in a tough economy with the traditional goals and values of academe is no easy task. With government, business and industry, and students demanding that curricula focus on the so-called STEM subjects-science, technology, engineering, and math--academe is under enormous pressure to soften its core commitment to general education and the liberal arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book, Powers and Powers address the benefits of cooperation between higher education and industry; cooperative approaches to education and research; examples of innovative alliances; creation of successful partnerships; reconciliation of differing needs of academe and industry; establishment of sound contracts and oversight procedures; and future challenges for educational alliances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also includes valuable chapters on Partnerships for Training by Carol B. Aslanian, then of the College Board, and Organizing and Operating a Cooperative Research Center by Frederick Betz, then of the National Science Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whidbey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50062122516720,"sku":"9780985794620","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780985794620_p0.jpg?v=1784736399","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780985794620","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}