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Research Universities and the Future of America Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security: Summary (2012) / Chapter Skim
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Conclusion
Pages 21-23

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... It is essential that we reaffirm and revitalize the Emerging from the Great Depression and World unique partnership that has long existed among War II, Congress acted once again to strengthen the nation's research universities, federal governthis partnership by investing heavily in basic re- ment, states, philanthropy, and business. The search and graduate education to build the world's actions recommended here will require significant finest research universities, capable of providing policy changes, productivity enhancement, and a steady stream of well-educated graduates and investments on the part of each member of the scientific and technological innovations.
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... Walter Massey, President, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and President Emeritus, Morehouse College Burton McMurtry, Former Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Former Chair, Stanford University Board of Trustees Ernest Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at the MIT Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal (President) and Vice Chancellor, and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Cherry Murray, Dean, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, John A
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... It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers.
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