RSS 1.02011 Conference - Universities as Economic Drivers
Universities and colleges as economic drivers, measuring higher education’s role in economic development was the goal of the 2011 conference. Documents and papers in this collection seek to examine the economic role of universities and colleges.
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Why Should We Want to Drive the Economy? And What is "Success" Anyway? A Philosopher's Perspective.
(2013-08-15)Every American, every person wants to be “a success”. When we speak of “success” nowadays, we usually have in mind financial success, a degree of personal wealth. Yet we would all agree that we want more from life than ... -
Colleges & Small town Retail: An Analysis
(2013-08-15)eges & Small Town Retail: An Analysis Richard Florida (2004, 2007, 2008) argues that the economies of post-industrial societies will be increasingly influenced by the actions of a “creative class” comprised of highly ... -
The Next Open Decade and Higher Education: Toward Equity of Access for Unemployed Workers
(2013-08-15)The proposal responds to the following conference themes and objectives: • To assess, based on the best available evidence, ideas, and practices from across the U.S. and around the world, how universities and colleges ...
