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... They made two historic decisions that fundamentally re-shaped the academic research enterprise: First, the federal government assumed primary responsibility for the quality and quantity of basic research in the United States and, second, the government identified the universities as the primary locus for the increased basic research activity. The first decision, in effect, established university reliance on the federal government for financial support.
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