Universities Play a Vital Role in the U.S. Economy
Article/Op-Ed in Real Clear Education
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Jan. 15, 2021
Shalin Jyotishi co-authored an op-ed in Real Clear Education that urges for the role of public research universities in economic development to be strengthened, not weakened.
When we tell our friends and relatives that we study the role of universities in economic development, we typically encounter furrowed brows. The idea that universities do anything other than teaching and research seems unfathomable, except perhaps during football season.
But public universities have long tended to the needs of their communities.
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