Innovation, development and intellectual property in the university
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https://doi.org/10.5377/rct.v0i8.696Keywords:
Research, innovation, development, intellectual property, curriculumAbstract
Throughout history the university has undergone academical, scientifical, administrative and political changes due to the influence of its national and international environment, in accordance with the predominant economical model, however it has not been able to keep up with the socio economical development dynamics, and even worse, while the productive sector is permanently innovating, the university sticks to its professionalizing tradition, sometimes even ignoring the real social demands, forming professionals in traditional careers with obsolete knowledge and limited possibilities to compete in the market, with a very few exceptions.
Universities that resist change and permanent improvement are destined to be illegitimate and limited in their own growth. They will have very few social reasons to exist as such. The challenge is to rethink itself according to the knowledge society. This, of course, implies the assumption of serious commitments in different areas, beginning with an analysis of its strengths and weaknesses, overcoming those weaknesses and consequently assuming its fundamental role of producing, transmitting and publishing knowledge. The university has to responsibly perform its fourth mission that is added to the traditional activities of teaching, research and extension, defined in terms of “usage, application and exploitation of knowledge”.
The university has the historical responsibility of surpassing the old paradigm of simply transmitting knowledge, of passively observing reality and describing social, economical and environmental problems. It must challenge its own tradition constructing a proactive leadership defined by innovation and the intensive usage of new technologies, both in the educative function as well as in the intangible assets mediated by intellectual property and strengthening the productive and social tissue.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/rct.v0i8.696
Revista Ciencia y Tecnología, No. 8, junio 2011 pp.3-12
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