But subsequent research by Brunel University cast doubt on that assumption.

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The post-war expansion of university science was based on the assumption that to invest in knowledge was to invest in growth.

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Richard Baldwin of the University of Geneva and Paul Krugman of Princeton challenge this assumption.

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Michael Fauntroy, a public policy professor at George Mason University, says the president has to counter this prevailing assumption among blacks.

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However, researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands devised a clever method for putting this assumption to the test.

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Like edX, Coursera is working to challenge that assumption, and today the online course provider announced partnerships with ten public university systems that'll integrate lessons from Coursera into the classroom.

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