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Structural Change in Higher Education: Implications for Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

David B. Schweikhardt
David B. Schweikhardt*
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Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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The political and economic environment in which agricultural research is conducted is changing. The methods of funding research are changing, food markets are international in scope, and the public is demanding greater accountability in higher education. These trends are creating new tensions within the agricultural research system, and the heightening of these tensions requires that a new equilibrium be established between the system's public mission and the competing public demands on the system (Danbom). This new equilibrium will determine the structure and performance of the agricultural research system in the coming decade.

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Invited Papers and Discussions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 138 - 150
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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