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How Universities Became Economic Engines

Special | 41m 52sVideo has Closed Captions

Elizabeth Popp Berman and Sheila Slaughter discuss university research and the economy.

Elizabeth Popp Berman, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the State University at Albany, SUNY and Sheila Slaughter, the McBee Professor at the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia discuss, from an historical perspective, the scientific research branch of the university and its role in the economy.

03/29/2012 | Rating TV-G

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How Universities Became Economic Engines

Special | 41m 52sVideo has Closed Captions

Elizabeth Popp Berman, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the State University at Albany, SUNY and Sheila Slaughter, the McBee Professor at the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia discuss, from an historical perspective, the scientific research branch of the university and its role in the economy.

03/29/2012 | Rating TV-G

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