University enrollment is on its way to doubling, then will double again. Government begins to subsidize not just the schools, but also the students with loans and grants. From 1880 to 1960 a problem has been developing in access due the fact that translation from foreign languages has not kept pace with the rate of the expansion of knowledge. Who is doing The Federal Government has increased its funding for research many Science Res. times over, particularly in medicine and defense related fields. One of these areas, that of space and space exploration, will yield much new technology and will give added push to the miniturization of electronics.
Research is now a team game.
Large teams tackle problems using Edison's corporate model. How is it See above. Expertise Expertise has reached new heights. Knowledge has become very specialized. The biggest irony about this powerful and growing trend, is that the biggest scientific gains in the recent past were made by generalists.