Global tensions rile experimental university

• Autores: Richard Stone
• Localización: Science, ISSN 0036-8075, Vol. 352, Nº 6282, 2016, págs. 136-137
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge surprised many education observers by teaming up with Russia to found a new U.S.-style research university. Many Russian scientists looked on with envy as the federal government poured tens of millions of dollars into the Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), part of a high-tech park on Moscow's outskirts that was a pet project of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Skoltech is still seeking to live up to its promise. The university is a beacon for the Russian diaspora: Russian returnees comprise nearly half the faculty. But Russia's deteriorating relations with the West have hampered efforts to recruit non-Russian faculty, and its hobbled economy is pinching funding.