Growing Concerns with Universities

9/11 changed many things:

· Top research universities became a focal point for U.S. government export control compliance

· There is a growing intersection of cutting-edge science, technology and engineering research with national security, foreign policy and homeland security

· Role of the research university is evolving to be global in scope and multidisciplinary

· U.S. export controls can create significant tensions with university policies of non-discrimination based on nationality and a free and open campus.

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