Innovation Isn't Enough

Newsweek, August, 2007 by Michael M. Crow

The modern university is the ideal environment for the creation and transfer of knowledge that drives national competitiveness in an increasingly global era. Its most effective form is the American adaptation of the European model, in which teaching, learning and research are integrated into a single institution. Indeed, the American university has proved capable of almost anything, from developing advanced economic theories to creating new life forms. And that's in addition to providing basic liberal-arts training to millions of people who drive commerce, education, government and the arts around the world.

From the European Union to China, India to Mexico, many national leaders understand that the university is the critical catalyst for America's adaptability, economic...

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