[752] in peace2
corporate control of MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (poetry and revolution before break)
Fri May 4 01:51:56 2001
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 01:51:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: poetry and revolution before breakfast <popp@MIT.EDU>
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if you go to http://wtb2.mit.edu/301/ and complete the survey, you get
the following info.
the survey is kind of interesting. shows how much i think about
corporate rule in school.
abby
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Thank you for completing our survey!
Hewlett Packard has committed $1.8 million to a digital archive to
contain articles written by MIT authors. They have also pledged $900,
000 towards the Sloan School Center for eBusiness@MIT, and are also
involved in a $25 million 5 year partnership with MIT to fund projects
within LCS (Project Oxygen), AI Lab and the Media Lab
Microsoft is currently involved in I-campus, a $25 million 5 year
alliance to fund projects geared specifically towards new learning
initiatives. These initiatives include WebLab, the Shakespeare Online
Archive, and the online components of 6.001, 6.034 and 6.004.
In 1997, Intel pledged to give MIT over the following three years a gift
of equipment valued at $5.6 million. MIT was one of 25 universities to
receive a grant from Intel as part of its Technology for Education 2000
grant program.
Several new industrial partnerships were launched in 2000. These include
Microsoft, DuPont, Nanovation, and Hewlett-Packard, each representing
commitments in excess of $3 million per year in support. These
partnerships join existing relationships with Merrill-Lynch, NTT, Ford,
Amgen and Merck.
Industry now funds $61.5 million or 16.5% of the total amount of
sponsored research on campus.
