The University of Wisconsin-Stout, a public assisted university, has primary responsibility for instruction, research and public service. The public supports the University because it is recognized as an asset to society in countless ways, including supplying graduates to business and industry for jobs created and maintained in a free enterprise system. Graduates enter the workforce in many roles in private commerce and industry, government and education.
New knowledge is disseminated through the literature and other media.
It is in the public interest to encourage integrative and cooperative interactions between the university, industry and other agencies. Under its designation as a special mission institution and in fulfilling its instructional, research and public service obligations, UW-Stout enters into numerous contractual arrangements. Those contracts provide direct and indirect funds, augmenting those from the public. In order to bring about such cooperation between the University, industry and the public, mechanisms must be developed which recognize and are consistent with the missions and policies of each of those involved. Several mechanisms have been conceived and initiated, ranging from unrestricted grants to sponsored research, to major development centers.