"If you start messing around too much with things that have served universities and disabled people well, some of the widening participation gains that have been made could drop off," he says.
Its network infrastructure mainly served universities, institutes, colleges, and schools all over China, laying the foundation for Internet-based education in Chinese higher education.
Competitors that more closely operate in Scoop's space are Carma and, of course, Zimride by Enterprise, which recently shifted its focus to serve university and corporate customers.
Norway is divided into four geographical and administrative so-called health regions (South-East, West, Middle, and North) with one serving, university hospital with a complete neurosurgical department offering pediatric neurosurgery in each region.
Harvard's conflict-of-interest policies are vaguer than most, but they roughly suggest that outside activities remain secondary to serving the university's academic mission.
It also plans to disallow members from serving in university leadership positions, including on sports teams.
The Bottlecap will be serving the university and the Eugene, Oregon community with a constantly rotating lineup of premium, unique microbrews for the discerning beer connoisseur.
BookRenter.com says it serves 5,000 universities in the U.S.? Okay, Chegg claims 6,400.
For instance, although the provost agreed in principle to allow postdocs to serve on university-wide committees, it is the secretary of the university who actually arranges the selection of a postdoc and officially establishes the position on a committee.
"It's time for the athletic department to do a little soul searching on how they can serve the university," said Nathan Tublitz, a biology professor and the president of the university senate.
