March 25, 2009

Universities Are Wary of Drawbacks to a Huge Boost in Federal Spending

By Paul Basken

Washington

After a month of celebrating the largest boost in federal spending on scientific research that most of them have ever seen, university presidents are increasingly tuned to the possibility of a downside.

The new money—primarily from a $21.5-billion jump in research-and-development spending in the economic stimulus law—is certainly welcome, several university presidents and higher-education officials said on Tuesday during a lobbying trip to Capitol Hill.

Yet,

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