Of importance, the knowledge so created was meant to enlighten the society and help to address human needs. At times, they propose substantial changes on the research problem so that it is in sync with their mainstream mission. This leaves the beggarly grantees with no option but to drop their supposed topic of interest for the funders’. Accordingly, the knowledge generated cannot be owned by the university in question. Worse, it may not be of immediate relevance to the society since it was not initiated by them.

Source: Daily Nation June 17, 2019 21:11 UTC