July 13, 2009
Reassessing the Value of Research Universities
Several U.S. senators and members of Congress—Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland; Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee; Rep. Bart Gordon, a Democrat from Tennessee; and Rep. Ralph Hall, a Republican from Texas—are asking the National Academies to carry out a study of the status of American research universities. I am grateful and, with them, hope that such a project will have an impact similar to that of the National Academies' "Rising Above the Gathering
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