The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government

by David H. Guston

Is there a crisis in the relations between research universities and the federal government? Is our system, which has been the most successful in the world, breaking down? The Fragile Contract brings together essays by scientists, university leaders, scholars, and seasoned science watchers from government agencies and nonprofit groups to address this issue. Neither advocacy nor polemic, it explores the social contexts for and influences on research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262571072
• ISBN13: 9780262571074
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher