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University research is a business now, like most things in higher-ed.
by throwaway201103 6y ago
University research is a business now, like most things in higher-ed.
- whatshisface 6y agoIf it was really a business, they would support ideas like "developing a revolutionary and extremely important technology." It's worse than a business - it's an amorphous political and bureaucratic mess.
- pimlottc 6y agoI mean, there are plenty of actual businesses that also do short-sighted things (and up going out of business).
- bryanrasmussen 6y agothere are also plenty of business that do short-sighted things but continue making money because they have a cash-cow or two which allows them to be idiots everywhere else. I mean this is really the ABCs of modern business.