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Volume 20 Number 2
Summer 2001
University as a Bridge Between Technology & Societ

Departments

    Inside Front Cover
    ISTAS 2001 Registration

    3 Guest Editors' Introduction - University, Technology, and Society

    Inside Back Cover
    ISTAS 2002 Call for Papers
      
    6  The University as Decision Center*
    Universities are unique as decision centers that combine elements of cooperation and competition within a democratic framework.
    W. F. Lawless and Teresa Castelao

    18 The Second Academic Revolution and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science*
    New links between academia and for-profit endeavors are reshaping definitions and uses of knowledge.
    Henry Etzkowitz

    30 Universities at a Crossroads: New Roles for Diffusing Information*
    Communications and technological advances provide resources and opportunities for greater public service by universities.
    Dara O'Neil and Claudia Huff

    34 Expanding Engineering Education: Building Better Bridges*
    How this college engineering program helps guide students to deeper insights about the implications of their work.
    R.C. Hudspith

    * Refereed article