Killing Sacred Cows — Part 4 of a series examining the unspoken norms, taboos, and protected assumptions in academic research that are rarely questioned, even when they undermine effectiveness and resilience. This series names those assumptions, puts them up for debate, and asks whether they still d...

The federal government is undergoing an unprecedented shakeup—mass firings of federal workers, funding freezes, and policy shifts, including proposals to cap indirect costs for universities and research institutes at 15%. The research funding landscape is rapidly changing, and research administrator...