Budget cuts: company investment could help offset the shortfall

Budget boosts mask management shortfall

There have been many envious looks from researchers in countries coveting Britain's recent increases in its science budget. With headline figures well ahead of inflation, few other governments have been able to show such enthusiasm for science. But a recent report has cast a few doubts over the size of the latest increase and, for the universities, such a boost comes against a background of oth...

Budget cuts and the plight of postdocs.

Calling on scientists to fight budget cuts.

THE FUNDING LEVELS REQUESTED BY THE Bush Administration for 2006 (“Caught in the squeeze,” J. Mervis, News Focus, 11 Feb., p. 832) represent a decrease in science and technology funding across the board. This budget and its priorities do not bode well for American science and technology or for America’s scientists and science students. Underfunding science and technology research and education ...

The Impact of State Budget Cuts on U.S. Postsecondary Attainment

Increasing postsecondary attainment rates is an important economic priority, yet little is known about whether public subsidies can increase college attendance and completion. This paper studies the impact of state budget cuts to higher education on all U.S. public postsecondary institutions between 1990 and 2013. Using a budget shock measure driven by historical reliance on state appropriation...

Could interferon help treat Ebola?