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Best Practices for Building and Maintaining University-Industry Research Partnerships: A Case Study of Two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers: Author: Boschi, Frank Carl; Date: 2005-08-15; Program: Education; Abstract: Technology transfer involves the transfer of knowledge and inventions to the corporate sector, and has contributed to an increase in university and industry partnerships. The passage of the Bahy-Dole Act in the early 1980s, greatly assisted university-industry partnerships, generated the use of knowledge and inventions that came out of government sponsored research, and allowed universities to retain the intellectual properties instead of the federal government. In 1985, the NSF initiated the Engineering Research Center (ERC) Program to develop additional university-industry partnerships. The ...; Download File | View full details

Relationships between First-Generation College-Bound Students' Stated Intentions to Attend a 4-year College or University Directly after High School and the Engagement Factors of Students, their Parents, and their Peers: Author: Zuck, Barbara Anne; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Education; Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between tenth grade first-generation college-bound students stated intentions to attend a 4-year college or university directly after high school and the engagement factor of students, their parents, and their peers. Data collected for the National Center for Education Statistics Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (NCES ELS:2002) were used in this study. The population for this study was tenth grade students in 2002. The NCES ELS:2002 is a nationally representative sample of that population. The dependent variable was first-generatio...; Download File | View full details

A Review of Market Orientation Practices for Selected Public Carnegie High Research Activity Institutions: Author: Beck, Carina Niedermier; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Higher Education Administration; Abstract: While many authors (Washburn, 2005; Newman, Couturier, Scurry, 2004; Kirp, 2004; Bok, 2003; Wolff and Bryan, 1999) have written about their belief that American higher education is moving toward a market orientation, limited studies have been published citing the actual practice or success/failure of an institution(s) demonstrating market orientation qualities. The purpose of this study was to determine if two selected public Carnegie High Research Activity institutions were utilizing market orientation practices (Jaworksi and Kohli, 1993; Narver and Slater, 2000) as evidenced in their organiz...; Download File | View full details