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Ohio State UniversityThe U.S. seems poised to make one of the largest cuts ever in research funding – a decision that could have long-lasting and far-reaching implications for our collective future.
The U.S. seems poised to make one of the largest cuts ever in research funding – a decision that could have long-lasting and far-reaching implications for our collective future.
For the sixth straight year, city revenues around the country dropped in 2011, as costs of health care, pensions and infrastructure rose, says a public administration and infrastructure expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Michael Wilkerson is available to discuss the labor and financial difficulties arts organizations, such as orchestras, are currently facing.
arXiv, the free repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information, is adopting a new governance and business model that will allow it to grow thanks to new funding.
Medical research saves lives, suffering and dollars – while also creating jobs and economic activity. The United States has long led the world -- but risks losing out to Asia as the hub of medical discovery, a research team warns.
The budget for issuing and enforcing federal regulation is expected to decline in the 2013 fiscal year, finds a new report from Washington University in St. Louis and George Washington University.
The Vermont legislature passed a bill that directs researchers at the University of Vermont to develop a new way of measuring the health of the state economy. Policymakers will use the Vermont Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) to account for factors like environmental impact, human rights, and volunteer work that are not measured in traditional GDP. Governor Shumlin has indicated he will sign the bill, making it the first such law in the United States.
Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University professor of astronomy, adviser to NASA, and principal investigator for a mission to sail one of the three great seas of Titan, comments on the proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President Obama.
University of Virginia officials have introduced new programs designed to enhance the activities of the University's researchers and entrepreneurs and maximize the impact of innovative U.Va. discoveries on the global population and economy.
In fiscal year 2010, 50 new companies were formed as a result of Canadian university research, according to a survey report published Nov. 21 by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM
A sleek white remotely-controlled robot soon will be used by Baylor University Libraries to enrich future curriculum for children in grades K-12 across Texas and perhaps the nation. Funding for cultural aspects of education has been cut drastically in many public schools, but “cultural experiences are very important to a child’s education. We’d like to see that restored,” said Pattie Orr, vice president for information technology and dean of University Libraries at Baylor.
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. This quote from the African American playwright and novelist, James Baldwin, was recently used by Dr. Jack P. Calareso, President of Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA when discussing the cost of higher education and students of low economic means. Referencing research that identified that 80% of the U.S.’s low income students are forced to enroll in the least selective colleges and universities, Dr. Calareso forces educational leaders, government and elected officials and others to face the facts that poorer students have limited access to more selective institutions.
Underscoring the importance of a fully funded U.S. Food and Drug Administration in advancing progress in cancer, the American Association for Cancer Research calls on Congress to support the agency’s budget increase recently approved in the U.S. Senate.
The recent conflict between Congress and President Barack Obama over raising the federal debt ceiling caused many economists and policymakers to fret that the financial markets would assess a higher risk premium on U.S. Treasury securities. However, a University of Arkansas finance study suggests that financial markets increasingly regard such controversies as political posturing rather than serious threats to the economy and therefore the conflicts have not recently caused higher default-risk premiums in the long-term.
The American College of Radiology condemned $1.3 billion in Medicare imaging cuts in the Administration’s debt reduction proposal. The ACR said these cuts, on top of $5 billion in cuts the past five years, may force providers to close, restrict patient access and increase Medicare costs.
David Coates, Ph.D., holds the Worrell Chair of Anglo-American Studies, Department of Political Science at Wake Forest University (N.C.). He previously held personal chairs at the universities of Leeds and Manchester in the U.K. He has written extensively on labor politics, contemporary political economy, and U.S. public policy. He is the author of several books, including Making the Progressive Case, Answering Back, The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism and Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the World Economy (translated into Chinese and South Korean). More information is available at www.davidcoates.net.
Constitutional law expert Steve Sheppard is available to discuss whether President Barack Obama has the constitutional authority to avoid default by paying government bonds unilaterally and spending money without Congressional approval.
Dr. Gordon Adams, professor of U.S. Foreign Policy at American University’s School of International Service, says the trillion dollars in defense savings claimed in the latest deficit reduction proposal from Sen. Harry Reid is completely fictional.
As the nation watches the countdown to Aug. 2 — the date when the U.S. Treasury Department has said it will no longer be able to pay all its bills unless Congress resolves the impasse over raising the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling — Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in economics and political science are available to answer media questions. They can provide analysis of the continuing debt ceiling negotiations and the potential ramifications of the nation’s fiscal health problems.
A University of Cincinnati researcher reveals an unexplored option that could hold funding opportunities for financially struggling schools.
"The debt ceiling issue is a dangerous political ploy that could have real economic consequences," said Todd B. Walker, Indiana U. expert on fiscal and monetary policies. He offers his perspective on the issue and is available for media interviews.
The Italian government on July 14 passed an austerity package designed to balance the budget by 2014 and protect Italy from a debt crisis. Will it work? Most likely not, says an economist at Washington University in St. Louis.
Steven C. Kyle, associate professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, comments about the political theater surrounding the debt-ceiling debate — and its consequences.
Gordon Adams, professor of U.S. Foreign Policy at American University’s School of International Service, testified before the House Budget Committee’s hearing on “Budgeting for America’s National Security.” Adams oversaw all U.S. foreign affairs and national security budgeting at OMB (1993-1997).
According to a newly released Stony Brook Poll conducted in association with Left Right Research, a Long Island based Marketing Research supplier, more than 81 percent of approximately 7,000 people surveyed believe that they had contributed enough to Social Security to support themselves in retirement, or more than they will receive during their lifetime.
AARP’s ambiguous statements about Social Security benefit cuts have led to a public roasting of the organization for caving into public pressure, says Merton C. Bernstein, LLB, a nationally recognized expert on Social Security and the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “Whatever stance AARP has taken, it does not provide ‘cover’ for the Obama Administration to agree to cut benefits now, soon or in the future. If AARP does not vigorously and clearly repudiate what some see as willingness to accept benefit cuts, AARP will be the loser.”
The Chancellor at UC Riverside, Timothy P. White, argues that tight budget times are not a good reason to back away from investing in a new public medical school in California.
While several states have recently limited the ability for teacher unions to collectively bargain for their members, teachers will continue to flex their political muscle in a way scholars of policymaking have overlooked: through their pocketbooks, says a Baylor University political scientist.
Today, with threats of serious budget cuts looming, a new report demonstrates the effectiveness of the Medicaid program in addressing the health and financial needs of children and other vulnerable populations. The synthesis, entitled "Medicaid Works: A Review of How Public Insurance Protects the Health and Finances of Children and Other Vulnerable Populations" examines the program that, since its inception in 1965, has been serving as a lifeline to millions of our nation’s most seriously ill and impoverished citizens.
Despite efforts to freeze non-security discretionary spending, the budgets of federal regulatory agencies are increasing in both 2011 and 2012.
In an op-ed in today's Washington Post, Gordon Adams, a professor at American University’s School of International Service, calls for more Pentagon budget cuts. Adams is a former associate director for national security and international affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.
More American families are turning to federal assistance to heat their homes during the winter, with many more families eligible for but not taking advantage of the program, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
When support for school libraries rises reading scores rise too. That's what researchers at Mansfield University in PA found when they examined studies done in 22 states and one Canadian province.
Odette Lienau, an expert on international economic relations and an assistant professor of Law at Cornell University, comments on the recent announcement that Standard & Poor’s will revise the United States credit rating from “stable” to “negative.”
Sean Nicholson, professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, Research Director of the Upstate Health Research Network, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, explains the House GOP plan to reduce federal spending by overhauling Medicare.
Christine Ries, professor of economics at Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, offers her views on why Representative Paul Ryan’s budget plan is moving the debate in the right direction.
Dr. Arterton has been actively involved in politics at the national level and is an expert in political institutions and political leadership. He oversees the GW Battleground Poll. He has served as a polling consultant for "Newsweek" and a consultant on public opinion surveys for the Gallup Organization.
Three high-profile panelists will share their views on how science, the media, politics and society interact and, perhaps more importantly, what scientists themselves can do to communicate more effectively and restore their credibility.
A government shutdown is looming and many politicians who are claiming “we’re broke” are proposing short-term or long-term federal budget plans with steep budget cuts as the only option to reduce the deficit. “But it looks like budget deficits are being driven in part by a deliberate strategy to sustain them, so policymakers are forced to cut spending,” says Timothy McBride, PhD, economist and associate dean for public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “The evidence certainly supports the theory that the Republicans are using a strategy of ‘starving the beast,’” he says.
Last November, Missouri voters approved Proposition B, which amended state law to more strictly regulate large-scale dog breeders. Now, just four months later, Prop B is set to be repealed if the Missouri House of Representatives and Gov. Jay Nixon follow the state senate’s lead. Can this happen in every state? Only if the voters allow it, says Gregory Magarian, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on constitutional law.
Giving up one luxury to afford something else still works, says Texas Tech expert.
Michigan's state universities face a 15 percent cut in state funding--oh, wait, make that a 22 percent cut--as politicians play with numbers.
Todd DeMitchell, professor and chair of the Department of Education and the Lamberton Professor in the Justice Studies Program at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss public unions, collective bargaining, and trends in organizing public-sector workers.
Mildred Warner, Cornell professor in city and regional planning, is an expert on privatizing government services. Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, recently suggested privatizing certain government services. Warner comments on Gov. Walker’s proposals.
Public support of labor unions has reached its lowest level in a quarter century. According to a February 2011 Pew Research Poll Center poll, only 45 percent of respondents expressed positive views of unions. In his studies of major speeches of the American labor movement, Casey Kelly, Ph.D., a communication instructor for Butler University, has found some key historic messages that unions might use to regain support.
In its 27th survey of American spending priorities since 1973 conducted as part of its General Social Survey (GSS), NORC at the University of Chicago Wednesday released a report on its most recent findings. By a notable margin, education is the top priority.
By applying the Stock/Watson methodology, Bryant U. professor develops a Current Economic Indicator and a Leading Indicator for Rhode Island.
The public is on a different page with regard to the federal budget than either the House of Representatives or the Obama Administration, bringing a different set of priorities and a greater willingness to increase some domestic spending and taxes, concludes a new analysis by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC).
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to strip or significantly narrow his state’s public-sector workers’ collective bargaining rights has significant implications for all unionized workers, both in the public and private sector, says Marion Crain, JD, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law and director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work & Social Capital.
With many Americans concerned about rising gas prices, state budgets and inflation — and with battle lines drawn in several states between governments and unions — the U.S. can expect more social media “wars’ in the near future.