John Gardner, WSU’s vice president for economic development and extension, penned a featured guest column in today’s Seattle Times, which states:.
Some resist thinking of higher education and business together, assuming the two shouldn’t mix. Others question the competency let teachers teach, and doers do.
But as the knowledge-based economy continues to grow, education is tied to personal, business, regional, national and global wealth like never before. The question is not whether higher education should be involved in economic development, but rather how best to deploy our public investment in higher education to advance our students, our communities and the state.
Here is some advice I would offer us all to help avoid the pitfalls, and reap the rewards of a progressive public/private partnership.
To read the entire Seattle Times column, click here
