The Book
The authors make case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. Read more.
by Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein
As our country faces the Great Recession, high unemployment, and massive debt, there's unanimous agreement that innovation holds the keys to success in a 21st century economy. People are still in disagreement where that innovation should come from, but we feel there is an obvious candidate to fill this role: our colleges and universities. This site expands on the book Engines of Innovation and explores the impact America's universities can play in innovating for the 21st century.
Each year at this time our 100 student entrepreneurship class discusses innovation and entrepreneurship and the reading, coincidentally, is a book by the same name by Peter Drucker. Written…Read More