Scott Duke Kominers, Columnist

Intel Dropped Its High School Science Fair. Bad Idea.

Student research competitions produce more than great projects. They produce great scientists.

February 22, 2017 at 2:00 PM UTC

Scott Duke Kominers is the MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a faculty affiliate of the Harvard University department of economics.

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Last week, the Society for Science and the Public announced that Intel has stopped sponsoring the society's International Science and Engineering Fair, a 70-year-old high school research competition.

This isn’t a big surprise, given that a year ago Intel dropped its sponsorship of another flagship science fair run by the same nonprofit group.1487695386702 But still, it’s an unfortunate move.