Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers

Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers: Measuring Higher Education’s Role in Economic Development, a new book published by SUNY Press, provides a comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development. 

Local, state, and national economies are facing unprecedented levels of international competition. This book brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to assess how universities and colleges exert impact on economic growth. The contributors consider various methodologies, metrics, and data sources that may be used to gauge the performance of diverse higher education institutions in improving economic outcomes in the United States and around the world.

Also presented are new typologies of economic development activities and related state policies that are designed to improve understanding of such initiatives and generate new energy and focus for an international community of scholars and practitioners working to formulate new models for how public universities and colleges may lead economic development in their states and communities while still performing their traditional educational functions.

For more information and to order a copy, please visit: 

www.sunypress.edu/p-5608-universities-and-colleges-as-ec.aspx.