Of the $1.2 trillion spent globally each year on R&D across corporations and academia, 40 percent—much the largest share—pays for people.
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Prison spending in California went from about 4% of the state budget in the mid-1980s to about 10% in 2011; it exceeds university funding.
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Currently only 60,000 engineers a year graduate from American universities.
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At a Greek university, students take an average of 7.6 years to complete a first degree.
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Between 1990 and 2007, the number of students going to university increased by 22% in North America, 74% in Europe, 144% in Latin America and 203% in Asia.
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