The Interaction Between Massachusetts Institute Of Technology And The Economic Development Of Massachusetts

The United States is a country that takes education, especially higher education seriously. The successful research universities and colleges are too numerous to mention, in which meta-knowledge elites. These research universities embody the perfect combination of production, teaching and research, which directly promote the economic development of the United States.This article contains five parts, includes introduction, the theory of interaction between universities and regional economic development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the impact of economic development of Massachusetts, Massachusetts economic development on the impact of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the significance of institutions of higher education from China.In the part of introduction is the mainly exposition about the significance of this article, the current research of this topic, the methods and ideas of the research, innovation and breakthroughs of this paper.With the development of socio-economic, three functions (teaching, scientific research and social services) of high education become more and more evident. Specially, the report named"Science - the endless frontier"treated education as a leader industry. With the advent of the era of knowledge economy, the whole world realized that the institutions of higher education become the economic power source. The reform and development of university must focus on the needs of regional economic, and conducive to the development of regional economic. Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded in the mid-19th century. While other universities indulged in teaching classical courses, the first president of MIT William Barton Rogers, proposed to set up a school that "will help to develop the industrial technology and scientific of the entire state ". Make the rapid development of science and technology.Every president of MIT follows the purpose that advocated by Rogers, makes MIT not only pay attention to basic scientific research but also to the practical application. In this paper, the author takes Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an example, descriptions the outstanding contributions on the economic development of Massachusetts.MIT is committed to providing students with a strong scientific, technical, and humanistic foundation, and to encouraging them to develop creativity in defining problems and seeking solutions. Based on the principle of"Reason, knowledge and wisdom", MIT emphasizes the comprehensive and basic system of knowledge, to train and upgrade the skills of communication, and to explore and improve the development of the spirit of innovation. MIT first takes UROP into practice, also contains IAP, EIP, MAS, ESG, ROTC-Program and so on. The basic concept of graduate education is enhancing learning in research and training, so MIT adopts inquisition type. MIT graduate programs have provided ideal environments for advanced study by students and faculty working together to extend the boundaries of knowledge.MIT and industry have a long record of cooperation through projects ranging from joint education and research (where student participation is often a strong component) to intensive continuing education programs.The collaboration is extensive: industry executives serve on the MIT Corporation and its committees; MIT faculty members serve as consultants for industry; and MIT educates and prepares its students for careers in industry. The relationship between MIT and industry has had an important effect on the direction of education at the Institute. The most famous is Technology Licensing Office which founded in 1986, which is responsible for the institute specializes in patent applications and technology transfer issues, and assist institute to carry out scientific research into commercial applications. This makes substantial cash incomes. Also MIT encourages the faculties and staffs to operate companies. There are so many companies that established in Massachusetts by the alumnus of MIT.The fourth part is about Massachusetts economic development on the impact of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The economic development of Massachusetts supports the MIT in different ways. For example, Provides local internships for MIT's students and meets the employment. The state government also establishes the Foundations to promote co-operation between MIT and industry actively. At the same time, the industry donates MIT in different ways. In addition to cash subsidies, provides post-doctoral for research opportunities, funding and places.At the end, compared to the actual situation of our country and put forward some simple solutions.