A great University is defined by great academics, great researchers, great thinkers, and great teachers, not by great administrators, great technology transferors, or even great leaders, although those of us in list two can help recruit and retain the really important people in list one.
I would like to suggest that the principle products of a great university are university teaching and curiosity-led research. There are few alternative sources of either of these. A valuable by-product of university research is a range of commercial opportunities
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