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Editorial: Maintaining research standing vital for MSU, community

July 24, 2013 /

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The departure of Tom McCoy, 15-year veteran vice president for research at Montana State University, is stirring up some anxiety on the MSU campus.

And with good reason.

Under McCoy’s leadership, MSU has emerged as a top-tier research university, according to the Carnegie Foundation, one of just 108 in the nation. And grant-funded spending research on campus has doubled during McCoy’s tenure to where it has topped $100 million in five of the last eight years.

Replacing McCoy will be difficult. Finding someone with the drive and ability to continue that record is will be a challenge for MSU administrators.

And the anxiety that generates should extend far beyond the MSU campus.

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