Abstract
America's research universities, approximately 125 in number,play important roles in the nation's research system, and help toset the tone for all institutions of research and higherlearning. As the research universities have formed closer linkswith industry, new problems have arisen that have precipitated amajor debate. The academic medical centres and related lifescience departments present some of the most challenging newissues, which are analysed in this paper within the framework ofthe biomedical research system that has evolved in the UnitedStates since the Second World War.
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Smith, B.L., Korn, D. Is There a Crisis of Accountability in the American Research University?. Minerva 38, 129–145 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026544926596
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026544926596