Sorry, this exchange from Men in Black just entered my mind as I read this:
J: How do you guys fund all of this?
K: Oh, we hold the patents on a number of important innovations. See this? This will replace CDs soon.
Ownership is 9/10 of the law... and owning innovative products and techniques make for lucrative cash cows. It's worked for the pharmaceutical companies for years. A friend of mine is a patent attorney; one of his jobs is to figure out how to re-patent a medication once it reaches the 9 year patent limit. This is to prevent a generic from being manufactured.
Researchers at City University of NY are working on an NSF-funded project to infuse technology into Liberal Arts courses
Yet I've never heard of a university attempting to infuse the Liberal Arts into technical coursework. I was a Comp Sci major... At my university, we were required to take 2 semesters of Theology and Philosophy, as well as Ethics. I was also a Theatre minor.
I think the key to this problem is creating well-rounded students. Too many times "undeclared" majors get away with not taking in the full breadth and depth of coursework, and therefore the job market.
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Sorry, this exchange from Men in Black just entered my mind as I read this:
Ownership is 9/10 of the law... and owning innovative products and techniques make for lucrative cash cows. It's worked for the pharmaceutical companies for years. A friend of mine is a patent attorney; one of his jobs is to figure out how to re-patent a medication once it reaches the 9 year patent limit. This is to prevent a generic from being manufactured.
It's just sad sometimes.
Researchers at City University of NY are working on an NSF-funded project to infuse technology into Liberal Arts courses Yet I've never heard of a university attempting to infuse the Liberal Arts into technical coursework. I was a Comp Sci major... At my university, we were required to take 2 semesters of Theology and Philosophy, as well as Ethics. I was also a Theatre minor. I think the key to this problem is creating well-rounded students. Too many times "undeclared" majors get away with not taking in the full breadth and depth of coursework, and therefore the job market.