April 3, 2009
University Leaders Weigh Downside of Huge Increase in Federal Spending
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 last week during a lobbying trip to Capitol
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