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The Public Good and Academic Capitalism: Science and Engineering Doctoral Students and Faculty on the Boundary of Knowledge Regimes

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  • Katalin Szelényi
  • Kate Bresonis

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This article examines the research-related experiences of 48 doctoral students and 22 faculty in science and engineering fields at three research universities, with specific emphasis on the intersection of the public good and academic capitalism. Identifying an expansive, intersecting organizational space between the public good and academic capitalism and stressing the dual nature of the public good with serendipitous and accelerated societal impact, the findings highlight three main ways in which science and engineering faculty negotiate intersections, including complementary, cautiously complementary, and oppositional negotiations. The findings, providing the basis for a model that depicts the expansive organizational space between the public good and academic capitalism and the three manners of negotiating intersections, highlight the nuances of contemporary scientific knowledge production at universities.

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  • Katalin Szelényi & Kate Bresonis, 2014. "The Public Good and Academic Capitalism: Science and Engineering Doctoral Students and Faculty on the Boundary of Knowledge Regimes," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 85(1), pages 126-153, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:85:y:2014:i:1:p:126-153
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2014.11777321
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    1. Sergej Gricar & Barbara Rodica & Stefan Bojnec, 2016. "Sandwich Management," UPP Monograph Series, University of Primorska Press, number 978-961-6984-49-2.
    2. Sergej Gricar & Barbara Rodica, 2016. "Academia-Industry Nexus Management," Management, University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper, vol. 11(4), pages 309-326.

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