How to Stay on Top

How to Stay on Top - June 15, 2012 by Kevin Kiley Inside Higher Ed
  
WASHINGTON -- At a time when federal and state politicians seem happy to cut and reluctant or unable to increase spending on higher education, a long-awaited report from the National Research Council, the policy arm of the National Academies, argues that the country cannot maintain its position as a leader in research without sustained investment in its public and private universities.