Meanwhile, the tidal wave of Chinese students filing into American universities has generated an equally important undertow: ambitious Chinese students who are returning home with a U.S. diploma, work experience in Silicon Valley and the desire to make a mark in China's emerging startup scene.
But he's gone toe-to-toe against the operators of several so-called diploma mills and won: In 2008, for example, federal officials used his work to help convict a couple in Spokane, Washington, whose sham universities had generated millions of dollars by awarding thousands of bogus degrees.
Further litigation is all but guaranteed, prolonging attention to an embarrassing misstep for the university that has generated condemnation from both left and right in recent months.
During the past several decades, the robust and rapidly growing field of computer and information ethics has generated university courses, research professorships, research centers, conferences, workshops, professional organizations, curriculum materials, books and journals.
Bush Creek Community Partners in Kansas City, which includes universities, museums and neighborhood associations, has generated more than one billion in investment in housing, cultural amenities and infrastructure in its urban district.
So it makes sense that the first big university-press anthology of the genre has generated an intriguing and rather tense literary smackdown.
Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing has licensed eight thousand campus-inspired inventions, and has generated $1.3 billion in royalties for the university.
Although it is just one degree at one university, the prospect of a prestigious low-cost degree program has generated great interest.
Gatorade would have significant medical applications for treating dehydration in patients, and has generated over $150 million in royalties for the university and untold millions for its inventors.
Perhaps most important, successful regional development in China has generated industries that have increasingly sought improved technology through cooperation with research institutes and universities.
Gov. James E. McGreevey's nomination of a powerful developer to a board position at Rutgers University has generated unexpected controversy after students raised questions about a possible conflict of interest.
