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Part One: A Vision for the Future
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... PART ONE A Vision for the Future
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... A GLOBAL RESEARCH SYSTEM International research cooperation will become a pervasive feature of the U.S. academic research enterprise in the next century.
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... A DIVERSE RESEARCH WORKFORCE Women and minorities will increase theirparticipation in the academic research enterprise as educators, researchers, academic officers and policymakers. Women already have substantially increased their participation in several fields, such as biology and chemistry.
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... AN EXPANDED ROLE FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH In the 21st century, the academic research enterprise will be even more important to the vitality ofthe United States than it is today. Scientific and scholarly judgment increasingly will be relied on to help address complex issues in law, medicine, politics, and government.
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... academic research institutions continue to be centers of innovation. Fateful Choices
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