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Science 1 March 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5560, pp. 1621 - 1623
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5560.1621b
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JAPAN'S UNIVERSITIES:
Reforms Would Loosen Bonds, Cut Safety Net

Dennis Normile

TOKYO--Japanese academics appear set to win new freedoms that would allow closer collaborations with private companies and greater autonomy in spending research grants. But they may have to pay a steep price: an end to the security of jobs for life and, perhaps, stricter evaluations of the quality of their work.

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