Universities and colleges as economic drivers [electronic resource] / edited by Jason E. Lane and D. Bruce Johnstone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Higher education and economic competitiveness / Jason E. Lane -- The diversity of university economic development activities and issues of impact measurement / Thomas Gais and David Wright -- Pitfalls of traditional measures of higher education's role in economic development / Peter McHenry, Allen R. Sanderson, and John J. Siegfried -- On the measurement of university research contributions to economic growth and innovation / Maryann P. Feldman, Allan M. Freyer, and Lauren Lanahan -- University-industry-government collaboration for economic growth / Laura I. Schultz -- The convergence of postsecondary education and the labor market / Anthony Carnevale and Steven Rose -- The essential role of community colleges in rebuilding the nation's communities and economies / James Jacobs -- The international dimensions of higher education's contributions to economic development / Jason E. Lane and Taya L. Owens -- Unanticipated consequences of university intellectual property policies -- Jason owen-smith -- The impact of the 2008 great recession on college and university contributions to state and regional economic growth / D. Bruce Johnstone.

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