Research-intensive colleges and universities encourage excellence in education and research at the highest levels of learning. When students engage in research, they get into a careful process of honing their skills and critical thinking abilities further. And in this way, they are best prepared for facing the future challenges and opportunities.
Research is the foundation for knowledge which makes possible the vast sea of innovation and application providing wider benefit. This also adds to the stock of global knowledge and is a source of new ideas, techniques, innovation, and methods, across a wide range of disciplinary areas.
Today’s economies are mainly driven by technology and innovation and a research-intensive college and university education system is the only way to further this progress.