Strategic transformation in higher education: leadership, guiding values, and the need for change -- Global competition to close the skills gap -- The case for changing the business model of higher education -- Comparative assessment of government policies, practices, and funding models -- A...

Public support of research typically relies on the notion that universities are engines of economic development, and that university research is a primary driver of high wage localized economic activity. Yet the evidence supporting that notion is based on aggregate descriptive data, rather than...