http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/30/universities-and-research/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/30/universities-and-research/comment-page-1/#comment-25518 Wellescent Health Blog Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:35 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4341#comment-25518 As long as Universities are able to focus on their goal of educating next generations and creating knowledge, working with business is an important way to fund research that would otherwise not get off the ground due to budget restrictions at universities. Pharmaceutical and medical device companies have a good history in these joint efforts since medical research requires significant education and considerable costs for equipment as well as long development times in many cases. As long as Universities are able to focus on their goal of educating next generations and creating knowledge, working with business is an important way to fund research that would otherwise not get off the ground due to budget restrictions at universities. Pharmaceutical and medical device companies have a good history in these joint efforts since medical research requires significant education and considerable costs for equipment as well as long development times in many cases.

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