This article from University Business, a publication for presidents and other senior officers at two- and four-year colleges and universities throughout the U.S, discusses a variety of benefits to commissioning economic impact studies and the factors at play in pursuing them.
This article summarizes an October 2006 conference held by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwest Higher Education Compact on higher education's role in economic growth. Conference speakers included Richard Lester from MIT, Michael Luger of the University of North Carolina, Ned Hill of Cleveland State, Sean Safford of the University of Chicago, Larry Isaak of the Midwest Higher Education Compact, and Randy Eberts of the Upjohn Institute.
The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation has developed a set of benchmarks to assess the international standing of the United States in science and technology -- in education, the science and engineering (S&E) workforce, scientific knowledge, innovation, investment and high-tech economic output. This is an update to its 2005 report.
The author focuses on three aspects of community colleges' role in economic development in this presentation:
This 2006 Milken Institute report examines the effectiveness of U.S research universities in dominating global biotechnology research and, further, the ability to turn this research into commercial applications.
This paper reviews studies that examine the extent to which university research promotes local economic development. These impacts include: attracting industrial laboratories, the start-up of technology businesses, and opportunities for collaborative research that can help enhance industrial products.
In this working paper, the authors highlight common mistakes made by universities -- and consultants hired by universities -- in evaluating their economic impacts on a region. Common pitfalls include: double counting impacts, using unrealistic multipliers, and counting all impacts as "net new."
The report documents the importance of college-educated 25 to 34 year-olds (referred to as the "young and restless" in the report) to local economies -- and how cities can attract and retain them.
This report shows how universities can support local economic development through their contributions to local industrial innovation processes.
The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation has developed a set of benchmarks to assess the international standing of the United States in science and technology -- in education, the science and engineering (S&E) workforce, scientific knowledge, innovation, investment and high-tech economic output.