University Collaboration for Innovation: Lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute (Global Perspectives on Higher Education, 4)

ISBN 10: 9087900392 / ISBN 13: 9789087900397

Published by Brill, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: University Collaboration for Innovation: Lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute (Global Perspectives on Higher Education, 4)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9087900392
• ISBN 13: 9789087900397
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In 2000, the UK Government funded the establishment of the Cambridge MIT Institute (CMI) with the expressed purpose of improving the impact of UK Universities on the UK economy. The programme of work conducted by CMI covered the full range of activities in and this book reports on its educational activities. Through a regime of investigation, intervention and assessment, CMI advanced understanding of how the practices of both Universities contribute to the subsequent performance of their graduates as innovators and entrepreneurs in later life. The investigations began with an analysis of the impact on students of participation in exchange programme which saw a cohort from each University spend a year in the other. The interventions included changes in curricular and pedagogy, and the implementation of practices taken from one University in the activities of the other. The book will be of interest to educators interested in developing the curriculum and pedagogies of their institution to equip their students for the demands of the modern workplace; policy makers concerned with the economic impact of Universities; and researchers interested in the changing nature of higher education in a globalised world system.

About the Author

David Good is a member of a remote indigenous tribe known as the Yanomami. He is the founder and executive director of The Good Project, a nonprofit service organization dedicated to the education, health care, and preservation of indigenous groups in South and Central America. He is currently pursuing a master s degree in biological science and is a public speaker on the Yanomami and other indigenous tribes. He lives in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.