Two pieces of legislation proposed earlier this summer – the America Innovates Act (bill proposed April, 2012) and the Startup 2.0 Act (revised in May, 22, 2012) share a common goal: to improve the flow of university research to society and thereby, increase industry innovation and create startups that create jobs. After that, their similarity ends.
These two bills reflect the Great Debate: are university commercialization efforts just underfunded, or are they underperforming?
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