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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1966

Page

17

Federal funding reshapes higher education in US

Analysis by Harold Orlans and legislators examines large federal research spend and its effects on universities liberal arts colleges teaching quality and prestige. They warn distortion exists as defense NIH AEC and space agency grants favor research over undergraduate teaching and widen gaps between rich and poor institutions.

Washington U.S Harold Orlans Brookings Institution National Institutes of Health Atomic Energy Commission Space Agency Orlans Henry Reuss Wisconsin Reuss Jacques Barzun Columbia University Clark Kerr University of California Kerr

Universities and government funding shape research centers

The Newark Times notes a growing student alienation on campuses and discusses federal grants favoring top universities like California, Chicago and MIT. It traces postwar labs created at these centers and argues the government backs the best research, funding major national laboratories through elite institutions.

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Fragmentary notes touch on science figures and education control

The excerpt mentions locations Chi rence Wiener MIT and Berkeley and references critical national science work with figures like Kago and Law Cyclotron. It questions federal influence over education amid heavy federal funding and ends with a WANT ADS slogan.

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