At George Mason and other college campuses, funding from Koch has sparked controversy as some faculty members and students raise concerns about whether the gifts constrain academic freedom.
"I think that the merger could constrain academic freedom, yet, if managed well, could free up the academic side to undertake higher-impact scientific endeavours".
Some felt that "nothing will change and the NOC will carry on just as before", or that adverse financial conditions would undermine the potential benefits of the merger and strategic partnership: "I think that the merger could constrain academic freedom, yet, if managed well, could free up the academic side to undertake higher-impact scientific endeavours".
In an interview, Professor Zhang said the move against him and other attempts to constrain academics reflected the party's fear that its ideological sway over Chinese students was waning, in large part because of the Internet.
So don't be constrained by formal academic constraints when you submit a proposal, and likewise don't feel that you should or must propose a "Creative Writing" project.
However, at the end of the day, FIELD remains an exercise constrained within an academic environment.
Students who were assigned to all but the top ability group reported they felt that their class assignment had constrained their future academic and occupational achievements as well as setting them up for low attainment in life [ 35].
When the academic core campus becomes more space-constrained, academic and administrative units begin to look for options outside of campus boundaries to fulfill their space requirements.
At a time when academic research funding is constrained, funding of independent academics by industry may therefore be encouraged to mitigate this; examples of this are beginning to emerge [25].
The logistics issues related to availability of students during pre-planned academic activities constrained the sample size.
