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Land‐Grant University‐Industry Relationships in Biotechnology: A Comparison with the Non‐Land‐Grant Research Universities 1
Author(s) -
Curry James,
Kenney Martin
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1990.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - land grant , agriculture , productivity , microbiology and biotechnology , agricultural biotechnology , agricultural economics , political science , economic growth , biology , economics , public administration , ecology
The results of a 1986 survey of 185 biotechnology faculty in the land‐grant colleges of agriculture are presented. Comparisons are made to a previous survey of biotechnology faculty in nonagricultural research universities. The survey investigates issues raised by industrial involvement in university biotechnology research and the impact of the new biosciences on the agricultural colleges. It was found that college of agriculture biotechnologists have more recently received their highest degrees, show more industrial involvement, and are more positive about the possible benefits of that involvement than their nonagricultural university counterparts. Industrial funding proved to be a significant exogenous variable affecting the activities and attitudes of agricultural college biotechnology faculty. Those with higher levels of industrial funding appear to have lower university productivity.