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Stephen Downes

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Richard Florida observes - correctly - that the focus on the university as the creator of commercial licensing is misplaced. "The old model of a university pumping out research results and educated students, or even commercial innovations and start-ups, [is] no longer sufficient.... the university is not a one-note samba. Its role goes beyond technology. Economic development today turns on three Ts - technology, talent and tolerance - and universities nurture all of them." Too bad about that hackneyed use of the 'town-and-gown' metaphor in the headline.

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