University Research – Are taxpayers getting their money’s worth?

The vast majority of academic research in the United States is funded by the federal government, and there are few good measures of whether that money is well spent, said study author Jeffrey M. Litwin, an associate dean at George Brown College in Toronto.

"If I was writing the checks, I would want to know what I was getting for my money,” he said.

By Karen Weintraub

Full Story: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/06/06/harvard_bu_excel_in_research_payback_study_says/