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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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November 20, 2008
Lawmakers Propose No Money for Colleges in Minimalist Stimulus Legislation
Washington — It looks as if cash-strapped colleges will have to wait at least until January to get any help from Congress.
Colleges had hoped that lawmakers would include money for research, campus infrastructure, and student aid in a second economic-stimulus bill that Congress was scheduled to take up this week. They got a glimmer of hope on Monday, when Senate Democrats introduced a $100-billion bill containing $1-billion for the National Institutes of Health, $175-million for the Energy Department’s Office of Science, and $2.5-billion for school repair and construction (although it was unclear whether any of that money would have gone to public colleges).
But Democratic leaders knew Republicans would never support such a costly bill, and today they brought a sharply scaled-back version to the floor for a vote. The $6-billion bill, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed in October, would extend unemployment benefits for people who had exhausted them. The bill passed the Senate amid reports that jobless claims had reached a 16-year high and the number of unemployed Americans had topped 10 million. President Bush, who had threatened to veto the broader bill, is expected to sign the more modest measure.
Democratic leaders have said they may return to Washington in mid-December to vote on a bailout bill for the auto industry if car makers present a plan to modernize their operations. But a broader stimulus bill will probably wait until after President-elect Barack Obama takes office, on January 20. —Kelly Field
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A stimulus is supposed to have immediate impact, sort of like using a a defibrilator on a failing heart. Money for research, campus infrastructure, and student aid doesn’t seem to me to be money that will be added to the economy quickly. Research grants have to be applied for and awarded after a relatively lengthy selection process. Spending on infrastructure is also slow, since construction plans have to be developed and approved before any spending can take place. Student aid may be a bit more immediate, but it still will not infuse significant amounts of cash into the general economy as quickly as a tax rebate would.
We’ve got to remember the original intent – get the free market economy moving again. If we can get that to happen, then the market will provide revenue for these projects that many seem to want the government to directly fund through “stimulus” programs.
— FB Nov 21, 09:32 AM #