On the State of R&D, New Study Reflects Gloom

摘要

The American research enterprise is suffering from fiscal neglect, corporate haste for quick profits, and lack of a political consensus on the appropriate federal role. And what's the key to salvation? Partnerships of academe, government and industry, along with more money, especially from industry. That's the verdict of a study released last week by the Council on Competitiveness, a Washington-based outpost of high-tech industry, major research universities, plus a little window dressing of organized labor.