Technology Transfer Turmoil at Berkeley:

In the March issue of the Atlantic Monthly , read "The Kept University"

From the introduction: "The leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, accused the university of functioning as 'a factory that turns out a certain product needed by industry' rather than serving as the conscience and a critic of society. To the modern ear this sixties rhetoric may sound outdated. To many people in the academic world, however, [these] words ring truer today than ever. Although our national conversation about higher education remains focused on issues of diversity and affirmative action, nothing provoked more debate on many college campuses last year than the growing ties between universities and business -- and nowhere was the debate livelier than at Berkeley. "----Eyal Press and Jennifer Washburn


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