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<p>While this might apply for some fields/institutions, don’t most profs get outside grants for research funding? At D’s school (Univ. @ Buffalo), the profs, and many students, are very involved in research - for most faculty, I believe it’s actually required by the school. This was described as a major source of revenue to the school. The added benefits to the students from all of this research include using labs with state of the art equipment and, of course, attracting faculty with particular expertise. Our tours of other schools with less research activity seemed to bear this out.</p>