July 28, 2000

Congress Gives Colleges a Billion-Dollar Bonanza

By JEFFREY BRAINARD and RON SOUTHWICK

Emboldened by budget surplus, lawmakers' earmarks for specific institutions soar by 31%

Pork-barrel spending on academe blew past the billion-dollar mark for the first time ever this year, as a swelling budget surplus emboldened Congress to earmark a record amount of money for projects involving specific colleges.

For the 2000 fiscal year, Congress directed federal agencies to award

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