The issue focused on how business community argues for non-traditional sources of funding. In his March 25 column in The Washington Post, Business for Change's R. Scott Ball explained that National Science Foundation programs are also very popular with academic institutions. He cited research indicating that for every $1 invested in science research in education, $3.84 is returned to the research community in scientific knowledge and innovation. For instance, in his study of university funding, Ball found that a certain science research center actually receives nearly half a