Lastly, research into computer science and cryptography for academic purposes should be lawful (read more on the topic here).

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What happens if rascally students use the site for, say, non-academic purposes?

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Conservationists hope that this system will let them gather data on animal behavior that could prove to be useful for academic purposes as well as boosting tourism activities.

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"Dividend" money is what's left for the team's university (for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for players) and athletic department (to support non-revenue sports) after the cost of running the basketball operation in question.

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The data was collected by a site called myPersonality, which turns serious data gathering for academic research purposes into fun quizzes.

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And nope, despite the fact that athletes may receive a lot of breaks ( fair and legal or not), an athletic scholarship is treated the same as an academic scholarship for tax purposes.

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