March 25, 2008
AAU Offers Science Policy Agenda for Presidential Campaigns
In an attempt to focus the presidential candidates on science policy issues, the Association of American Universities has offered an innovation agenda for the future president.
The proposed agenda, which the association released late last week, calls for more spending on basic research and increased support for undergraduate and graduate science education.
It also asks the next president to elevate the role of science in decision-making by raising the status of the president’s science advisor and making greater use of federal scientific advisory committees. Many scientists have complained that the Bush administration has made decisions based on questionable science and disregarded the recommendations of scientific advisory boards.
The report also calls for the creation of a new advisory board to “continually assess the health of the university-government partnership.”
The Association, which represents 62 research universities, is asking the candidates to adopt portions of the agenda in their campaigns and says it will work with the winner to implement the agenda after the election.
Kelly Field | Posted on Tuesday March 25, 2008 | PermalinkComments
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Let’s see,these universities are actually attempting to influence policy that would directly benefit themselves through increased funding? The new administration should do its own study and not rely on those that would themselves benefit.This sounds like lobbying and is ,in theory,not allowed by public institutions or those receiving Federal grants.
— Brent Mar 25, 01:35 PM #