Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214561 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2014-15
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
The US research university is a very successful model of higher edudaction and research. We examine its core elements and follow the current discussion on a necessary reform. Focusing on the institutional structure, we review possible causes of shortcomings and frictions. During the last 50 to 60 years the environment of the research university changed. The single institution has become highly dependend on federal and industrial grants and of undergraduates' fees. This process has transformed the internal organization as well as the interaction with important stakeholders. It also had an effect on the relationship between university and faculty. As a result, the scientific production has grown reamarkably but not necessarily the overall competivity. We discuss the systemic challenges that threaten the US university landscape and its contribution to scientific progress and innovation.
Subjects: 
Research university
US system of higher education
institutional structure
JEL: 
D12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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