Word: orientedness
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Professors say the Computer Science Department, which is mostly theory-oriented and has only 21 faculty members, finds it difficult to meet the desires of its won concentrators, let alone the new hordes seeking applied knowledge.
But even theoretically-oriented students say they are not getting the support they need from the department, which professors and concentrators say is woefully understaffed.
Clinton, in contrast, has embraced the idea of a national industrial policy, making it a cornerstone of his plan to reinvigorate the economy. Last November he created the National Science Technology Council, a Cabinet-level body on a par with the National Security Council and the National Economic Council and...
Not surprisingly, the Clinton plan has won the tentative approval of industry. "The whole research and development enterprise is being rethought," says Daniel Burton Jr., president of the Council on Competitiveness, which represents the chief executive officers of 140 U.S. firms. "What they're trying to do is make sure...
Still smarting from Congress's decision last fall to pull the plug on the $11 billion Superconducting Supercollider, many scientists fear that the new focus on results-oriented research will make funding for pure science scarce. There is already "heightened anxiety" within the scientific community about a tightening of research...