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From page 1... ... WHITE Associate Professor of Political Science The University of Chicago INTRODUCTORY NOTE The research possibilities of the agencies of state government which have to do with scientific work constitute an important resource for scientific research in this country. But there are special conditions attending the progress of research under state auspices, such as the type of governmental machinery provided by the state, the administrative relationships between the scientific, regulatory, educational, and other functions of the state, and cooperative association with federal and private agencies. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... It is recognized that the educational institutions of the state constitute a very important research resource for the state, particularly the state university and the state agricultural college and experiment station, but it has seemed practicable to consider at first the position of science in the administrative branches of the state government and to expect that research conditions in the educational institutions might properly be considered by other agencies more directly concerned with the educational relationships of research. The National Research Council is grateful to Professor White for the pains which he has devoted to this study and wishes to acknowledge to him full credit for this report and for the originality of its conclusions. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... Harris, of the University of Wisconsin; the chapter on Ohio by Professor Francis W Coker, of Ohio State University, and by Professor Earl N Read the entire page →

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... WHITE Associate Professor of Political Science The University of Chicago INTRODUCTORY NOTE The research possibilities of the agencies of state government which have to do with scientific work constitute an important resource for scientific research in this country. But there are special conditions attending the progress of research under state auspices, such as the type of governmental machinery provided by the state, the administrative relationships between the scientific, regulatory, educational, and other functions of the state, and cooperative association with federal and private agencies.

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... It is recognized that the educational institutions of the state constitute a very important research resource for the state, particularly the state university and the state agricultural college and experiment station, but it has seemed practicable to consider at first the position of science in the administrative branches of the state government and to expect that research conditions in the educational institutions might properly be considered by other agencies more directly concerned with the educational relationships of research. The National Research Council is grateful to Professor White for the pains which he has devoted to this study and wishes to acknowledge to him full credit for this report and for the originality of its conclusions.

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... Harris, of the University of Wisconsin; the chapter on Ohio by Professor Francis W Coker, of Ohio State University, and by Professor Earl N

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