University, Inc.

During the past two decades, commercial forces have quietly transformed virtually every aspect of academic life. Corporate funding of university research is growing -- and the money increasingly comes with strings attached. Universities themselves are starting to behave like commercial entitities, while professors are behaving more like businessmen. The speakers will discuss the origins of this remarkable commercial transformation, and explore its impact on education, medicine, and U.S. innovation over the long term.

Participants

• Jennifer Washburn
  Fellow, New America Foundation


• Marcia Angell
  Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Author, The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive us and What to Do About It


• Bhaven Sampat
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy, University of Michigan and Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology


• Shannon Brownlee
  Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation