Abstract
The good old days of booming growth in federal support for science now seem gone for good at America's research universities—those whose research budgets are $25 million or more. And with the twilight, fears and prospects of a brave new commercial world are parading in, wrought by the miracles of molecular genetics and computer chip technology. The practical goals of technology are fast swallowing academic science, and nothing seems likely to be the same again. And so money and ethics are turning out to be major concerns of these institutions as their leaders struggle with issues of survival and identity. But identity issues are taking a back seat, while money problems are being solved. Money to pay for top-class faculty. Money to fund graduate students. Money to settle heating and electricity bills. Money to keep productive research teams together. Money to preserve the academic ideal of pure and disinterested research. Money to purchase the instruments ...
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