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By Daniel S. Greenberg
With Science for Sale, acclaimed journalist Daniel S. Greenberg unearths that campus capitalism is more complicated—and much less profitable—than media experiences might recommend. whereas universities seek out company funding, news tales hardly ever word that these cash are dwarfed via government support and different funds. Also, whereas many universities have arrange know-how transfer offices to pursue gains via patents, lots of these places of work were monetary busts. in the meantime, technology is exhibiting indicators of delivering its personal suggestions, as hugely publicized misdeeds in pursuit of gains have provoked promising countermeasures in the field.
But simply because the danger is overhyped, Greenberg argues, doesn’t suggest that there’s no probability. From examine that has shifted out of the country so organizations can steer clear of laws to conflicts of curiosity in medical publishing, the enticements of cash will constantly be a danger, they usually can merely be countered throughout the vigilance of scientists, the clicking, and the public.
Based on extensive, candid interviews with scientists and directors, Science on the market will be critical to somebody who cares concerning the way forward for medical research.
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There’s no truth, however, to the frequent, wholesale depictions of university-based science as a passive appendage of corporate America. A Big Deal in Berkeley In recent years, as we’ve seen, industry’s support of overall academic R&D has remained small and relatively stable. Meanwhile, the federal government’s share has increased. The reason for lack of growth in industrial support is not clear. But a contributing factor may be corporate wariness of academe’s growing sensitivities and regulations regarding industrial money.
2 billion. Industry is not unaware of its self-interest in a productive academic research enterprise. In the boardrooms and executive suites of industrial fi rms, there’s a clear understanding of the economic importance of academic research. When Congress threatens to skimp on taxpayerfi nanced research, as in 1995 when the newly elected Republican majorities went on a budget-cutting spree, corporate America protests—on informed, selfish grounds. On that occasion, the CEOs and former CEOs of sixteen Fortune 500 high-tech fi rms warned in a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post that government spending for ELUSIVE INDUSTRIAL ANGELS 41 science in universities was crucial to their business success.
Sartorial chic is not abundant at faculty meetings, nor are automotive head turners plentiful on campus, except in the student parking lots. For a full-time professor at a private doctoral university, the average salary in the academic year 2004–5 was $127,214; at public institutions, which usually lag behind private schools, it was $97,948. 19 On academic pay scales, science professors generally fare better than the aggrieved humanists, among whom English and literature teachers averaged $54,747.