id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15642 Veaner, Allen B. Bok, Derek. Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Pr., 2003. 233p. alk. paper, $22.95 (ISBN 0691114129). LC 2002-29267. 2004-01-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2550 124 57 The purpose of Bok’s Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education is to investigate the history of aca­ demic connections to commerce, assess the consequences of such alliances, and exam­ ine their potential impact. When that effort failed, Columbia filed new patent claims that would have guaranteed it seventeen more years of a multimillion­dollar income.1 Many universities have gained great wealth by allying themselves with the commercial sector, licensing their patents or otherwise associating themselves with large­scale industries.2 Although modern American universities may not all be ex­ actly rolling in money, many have found ways to tap wealth undreamed of only a generation ago. cache/crl-15642.pdf txt/crl-15642.txt