Universities and Economic Development

A new study suggests that American universities are luring more entrepreneurial talent from overseas than many think, fueling a boom in tech startups here.

Higher education has always played a
large role in the economy as a producer
of human capital and as a center for
research and development.

"Some people say the jobs are there. It’s just a matter of matching them to those opportunities,"

The state’s three largest research universities are expected to announce today the creation of the University Research Corridor.

Officials overseeing Montana’s colleges and universities don’t do enough to manage the flow of millions of non-competitive federal dollars coming into Montana schools, a new report concludes.

Richard K. Lester feels that colleges and universities, because they are immobile,
can replace local institutions whose leadership has been eroded by globalization.

When considering the proposed development of the University of Montana golf course, also known as south campus, it’s important to keep something in mind: the point of a university is to educate, and its first responsibility is to its students.

There is a deep-seated belief in this institution that our mission is so important — to educate leaders for business and society — that we have to set out a model that other schools will want to emulate."

It’s a system in which taxpayer supported universities hire lobbyists who make enough to donate generously to those in power, and those elected leaders then help secure generous sums of taxpayer money earmarked for those universities.

Surrounding communities benefit from university research when three criteria are in place, according to the study, "University Research and Local Economic Development."