K Street and Colleges
Related Stories
- Quick Takes: Pace's Approach to Accountability, UC Joins Google Project, Private Colleges Challenge U.S. Panel, Mo. May Check Profs' Criminal Backgrounds, Honor Roll for Community Service, Treatment for Eating Disorders, More Great Publicity for Lacrosse
- Whodunit? Chairman Miller, That's Who
- Trading in the Car
- A Faculty of One
- International Rebound
Four million dollars goes a long way at Glenville State College. It may seem unlikely that the tiny West Virginia institution would see that much federal money in a single spending bill, but that’s about what Glenville got in the 2006 appropriations legislation for science and other programs.
That was just one of dozens of earmarks in the bill, and one of several that set aside more than $1 million for institutions from Mississippi and West Virginia, homes of the Republican chairman and the ranking Democrat, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Whether earmarks -- funds that a member of Congress directs to recipients without the peer-review process that federal agencies use to dole out most research funds -- are dangerously and increasingly undermining peer review, or simply a way that legislators can look out for constituents, depends on who’s talking.
The question, however, has been put into greater relief for higher education officials in the wake of a letter from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
Most Popular
- Viewed
- Past:
- 1 day
- 1 week
- 1 month
- 1 year
Similar Jobs
-
Administrative Senior Policy Analyst - School of Education
New York, NYJob ID: 5295
Regular/Temporary: Regular -
Chief Diversity Officer
Kennesaw, GAKennesaw State University seeks applications and nominations for a noted scholar and national leader to fill the cabinet-level position of Chief Diversity Officer.
-
Photographer
NationalVoyage: 2012 Fall
-
Videographer
NationalVoyage: 2012 Fall
-
Assistant Field Office Coordinator
NationalVoyage: 2012 Fall
-
Field Office Coordinator
NationalVoyage: 2012 Fall
Featured Jobs
-
Chief Diversity Officer
10FebKennesaw, GAKennesaw State University seeks applications and nominations for a noted scholar and national leader to fill the cabinet-level position of Chief Diversity Officer.
-
Science Data Librarian
10FebMiddlebury, VTMiddlebury College, located in Middlebury, Vermont, is a nationally recognized liberal arts institution where the pursuit of knowledge knows no bounds.
-
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor-Doctoral Studies-Dreeben School of Education
10FebSan Antonio, TXThe University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is one of America's two largest Hispanic-serving Catholic institutions.
... -
President of the College
10FebNewberry, SCNewberry College in South Carolina invites applications, nominations, and inquiries as the private institution begins its national search for its 22nd President.
-
Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair in Economics of Engineering
10FebHoboken, NJThe School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens Institute of Technology is seeking candidates for the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair in Economics of Engineering.
-
Manager, Academic Collective Bargaining Administration
09FebYpsilanti, MIThe major responsibilities of this position are to assist with administration of labor agreements and negotiations between Eastern Michigan University (EMU) and the instructional bargaining units representing employees engaged in the delivery and support of academic services; including the Americ
