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Can Universities Cooperate with the Defense Establishment?

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Deeply influenced by their experiences in World War II, the military services and the Department of Defense became important and supportive funders of academic science—chiefly the physical sciences—in the postwar period. They made an implicit contract with the academy, providing support under the going rules: the pursuit of new knowledge; investigator initiative; publication of the results; and some form of peer review as the allocative instrument. In return, the academy offered new science and trained scientists. The relation persists, but changes in the political context, the internal capabilities of the Defense Department, and the growth of other forms of support have changed it in a long-lasting way. Nonetheless, there are good reasons on both sides to continue the relation, and a willingness by both to accept the terms of the implicit contract would allow it to continue.

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  • Carl Kaysen, 1989. "Can Universities Cooperate with the Defense Establishment?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 502(1), pages 29-39, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:502:y:1989:i:1:p:29-39
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716289502001003
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