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In his essay ˇ°The Prostitution of Academiaˇ± written almost 15 years ago in 1989, David Suzuki warns about a disturbing trend whereby academic research funding in Canada is becoming controlled by industrial private enterprise. He claims that ˇ°the unique role of academic scholars as a group without vested interest in business or government is thus terribly compromisedˇ±. Dr. Suzuki has ˇ°grave concernsˇ± that this ˇ°industrializationˇ± of the university where professors are encouraged to develop ties with the private sector and become profit-driven entrepreneurs signals the death of the ˇ°community of scholarsˇ± where knowledge is shared. In his opinion the demise of the ˇ°vital role of the academic as both critic and source of knowledge for societyˇ± is imminent and that sooner or later Canadian society will have to pay a high social cost for these mistakes. Dr Suzuki provides a number of examples concerning the ˇ°prostitution of academiaˇ±, that is universities and academics, to underscore his thesis. All of these examples prove his point that academic research funded by private industry often leads to shoddy, irresponsible science because private industry is interested in discoveries that will lead to profitable ventures that are not necessarily socially and environmentally desirable . The ˇ°prostitutesˇ± or academics that accept grants from private enterprise will tend to engage in research where the conclusions ˇ°pleaseˇ± those providing the grants at the expense of academic honesty and social responsibility.
Approximate Word count = 889
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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