March 07, 2006

Academic Research - Physical Space at the Cost of Education

Academic-Research Space Expands While Science-Education Needs Deepen
By JEFFREY BRAINARD (Friday, February 24, 2006)

Various highlights:

• Universities built more research space on their campuses in 2002 and 2003 than at any time since 1988
• In 1991 federal funds paid for 16 percent of new construction of lab space, but by 2003 that figure had fallen to 5 percent
• See full article for various employment trends as well

The Case community can access the full article from the E-Journal Portal. Several of the sources have a one month embargo before the article is available.

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