Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public.
Charles M. VestLooking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.
Charles M. VestWe will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn.
Charles M. VestThe thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expended.
Charles M. Vest