UGA and Georgia Tech Presidents Sound Warning on Research Cuts
In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece, Michael Adams and G.P. "Bud" Peterson say the federal government should be careful where it trims spending.
As Congress and President Obama work to settle on a budget deal and avoid the self-imposed "fiscal cliff" of mandatory spending reductions, they must take care not to undermine university research, UGA and Georgia Tech's president's argue in a recent opinion column. "Much of America’s competitive advantage in innovation can be linked back to university research," the University of Georgia's Michael Adams and Georgia Tech's G.P. “Bud” Peterson write in a guest column published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "In our increasingly global environment, if we reduce our investment in education and research while other countries increase theirs, we could compromise the very advantages that have made America strong." The presidents call for …
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Rebecca McCarthy
4:45 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Milton, you can thank the Hope scholarship for bringing bright (translate: educated parents who value education themselves) students to campus, especially when the cap of $100,000 on a family's income was lifted. And before they tightened up the academic requirements. That was starting when he arrived. What he has done is to systematically get the things he thought the university needed to … more ›