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Published on: 2/14/2008
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Jim Plummer, the Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering and John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering, said the KAUST agreement was not a "top-down driven plan" from the Stanford administration, but was rather initiated by interested faculty.
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"There was great care taken in the drafting of the agreement to make certain that Stanford's principles were a central part of the agreement," said Plummer.
King Abdullah has made an earnest attempt to relieve his kingdom from its dependence on oil (it produces 15 percent of the world's supply) and begin a focus on intellectual innovation.He has decried its lack of intellectual achievement.