Corporate funding of Marcellus Shale studies at universities raises alarms, Drilling on Campus: the second of two parts

Corporate funding of Marcellus Shale studies at universities raises alarms, Drilling on Campus: the second of two parts by Reid R. Frazier, The Allegheny Front; and Olivia Garber, PublicSource, November 07, 2011
“There are so few institutions we have left that can provide unbiased knowledge, universities are really ceding that territory,” said Cat Warren, a North Carolina State University English professor who’s followed industry-funded research for the American Association of University Professors. Ms. Warren wonders whether the weight of corporate money could promote a pro-industry outlook at universities. “If you have a department that’s taking a lot of corporate dollars, a young assistant professor coming into that department…is going to be loath to come in with a critique of the dangers, for instance, of fracking,”

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