INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS AS ACADEMIC BUREAUCRACIES: AN ECONOMIC AND EXPERIENTIAL ANALYSIS

Northwestern University Law Review | January 1, 2007| | Copyright

INTRODUCTION

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) have become a ubiquitous presence on the landscape of America's higher education system. IRBs initially arose in response to major breaches of research ethics in biomédical research, such as the infamous Tuskegee experiments that led to majo r physical harm to research subjects. To prevent the reoccurrence of similar debacles, regulators came to require preapprovai by an independent review panel of any research that posed a risk of substantial harm to research subjects. And thus the IRB was born. Over time the jurisdiction of IRBs has expanded ...

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