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MIT puts some polish on a tarnished image

Nature volume 281, pages 627–628 (1979)Cite this article

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has raised $4 million to establish an ambitious College of Science, Technology and Society. Supporters say it will help give MIT-trained scientists and engineers “an education for the 21st century” others claim it is an attempt to protect private industry from criticism of its use of science. David Dickson reports

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Dickson, D. MIT puts some polish on a tarnished image. Nature 281, 627–628 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/281627a0

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