{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"The tarnished reputation of university research","type":"link","html":"\"Universities have become little more than instruments of wealth. This shift in the mission of academia works against the public interest. Universities have sacrificed their larger social responsibilities to accommodate a new purpose - the privatization of knowledge - by engaging in multimillion-dollar contracts with industry.\" So slams Dr. Richard Horton in his New York Review of Books column called \"The Dawn of McScience\". ","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/university.jpg?w=300&fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null}