USA: University association pushes for higher education to receive stimulus bill funding
February 1st, 2009
By Keith Nuthall
Members of the US congress have been pressed by higher education lobbyists to include the maximum amount of funding possible for American scientific and research agencies from President Obama's economic stimulus package.
In a united front, six US higher education organisations wrote to influential members of the US House of Representatives and Senate as they negotiated the final text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
They "strongly urged" the inclusion in the bill of US$6 billion in spending on higher education ...
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