UW-Madison likes to trumpet the fact it?s one of the top research institutions on the planet — and has been for the past two decades. This past fall, the university announced its annual research expenditures topped $1 billion for the first time.For a range of reasons, this is good news for the university, the city and state.
But is it possible places like UW-Madison are focusing too much attention on research — and not enough on educating students?