<p>texas, I completely agree with that assessment. Frankly, the way forward for Duke is to model itself on Stanford. Place a heavy emphasis on entrepreneurship, and emerge as a legitimate rival to HYP. Chicago is beginning to model itself on Harvard and Yale, I see no reason why Duke shouldn’t strive to become the stanford of the East. Not just with respect to a few niche fields of expertise, but in general. We must attempt to fill the entrepreneurial void on the East Coast, and develop a symbiotic relationship with RTP on the same lines as the one Stanford cultivated with Silicon Valley.</p>