Past Initiatives
Research Collaboration (2001)
The Business-Higher Education Forum created the Research Collaboration Initiative to document "best practices" and to develop guidelines for conducting university-industry research partnerships. The initiative also sought to serve as an instructive model for the university and corporate sectors and for public policy makers.
Hank McKinnell, former Chairman of the Board of Pfizer Inc, and Nils Hasselmo, former President of Association of American Universities, co-chaired the Research Collaboration Initiative.
The initiative's research and findings were reported in the 2001 report, Working Together, Creating Knowledge: The University-Industry Research Collaboration Initiative (pdf). The report sets forth recommendations for improving the quality and quantity of university-industry collaborations and addresses issues that challenge partnerships between industry and universities, such as: intellectual property; licensing; conflicts of interest; confidentiality; indirect costs; and background rights.
» August 13, 2010
President Obama Signs Spending Bill to Protect Teachers’ Jobs. BHEF applauds passage of the Education Jobs Bill.
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» August 11, 2010
Business-Higher Education Forum Statement on the Survival of BHEF Member and EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe
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» August 10, 2010
President Obama Cites Need to Restore U.S. Leadership in Higher Education; Names Three BHEF Member-Led Universities for Cost-Controlling Efforts. Calls on all college and university presidents to follow their example.
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» June 24-25, 2010
BHEF welcomed its members to Washington, DC for its summer meeting on June 24-25, 2010. Members heard from senior representatives of the Obama Administration on challenges and opportunities for education reform in upcoming reauthorization efforts and the challenges confronting long-term U.S. sustainability that demand strengthened STEM education.