October 3, 2003

Casting a Wary Eye on the Industrialization of Academic Science

By LILA GUTERMAN

The rise of a new breed of academic entrepreneurs worries Sheldon Krimsky, a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. In Science in the Private Interest (Rowman & Littlefield), Mr. Krimsky argues that the shift toward ever-greater financial ties between universities and private companies during the past two decades has eroded science dedicated to the public good. "Secrecy has replaced openness; privatization of knowledge has replaced communitarian

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