"Research in universities is so thoroughly embedded in universities that the line between the two has become difficult to discern. And research in universities requires solid undergraduate and graduate learning and teaching. It is foolhardy to weaken this foundation, because the modern research university is built on the energy and ideas of students. Students are not customers of a university; they are its very soul. The idea that research will prosper whle teaching and learning decay is a dangerous fallacy."
Source: "University cuts show science is far from saved" by Colin Macilwain in the January 13 issue of Nature, World View section, page 133.
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