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With federal funding for science on the decline, what's the role of a profit motive in research?

  • Written by David R. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Nevada, Reno
With federal funding for science on the decline, what's the role of a profit motive in research?Money doesn't grow in flasks – scientists have to find funds outside the lab.chuttersnap/Unsplash, CC BY

What is the place of a profit motive in the production of knowledge at public universities?

The Trump administration’s initial budget request presented in 2017 offered one answer to that question. According to the American Association...

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