Revisiting the Third Mission of Universities: Toward a Renewed Categorization of University Activities?
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Governmental and societal demands that universities work for society by going beyond traditional teaching and research missions to visibly contribute to societal and economic problem-solving has been labeled the third mission.
“Governmental and societal demands that universities work for society by going beyond their traditional teaching and research missions to visibly contribute to societal and economic problem-solving has been labeled the “third mission” (Gulbrandsen and Slipersaeter 2007;Laredo 2007).”
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- Authors
- Laredo, P.
- Venue
- Higher Education Policy
- Published
- 2007-11-27
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 441-456
- ISSN
- 0952-8733 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-3863
- OpenAlex
- W1987776520
- Cited by
- 587
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 70.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Higher Education Policy (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Higher Education Governance and Development
- Social Sciences › Education › University Challenges and Reforms
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Human Resources and Workforce
- Keywords
- third mission of universities, university mission, role of universities, knowledge diffusion, circulation of knowledge
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