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Funding Science in America : Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel
Funding Science in America Congress Universities and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel
Author: James D. Savage
Since the 1950s, the federal government has relied on the peer review system for funding academic science. Peer review, however, is under attack for being a biased system that helps rich research universities get richer. As a remedy for these biases, university presidents and members of Congress have turned to the earmarking of science projects ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521794619
ISBN-10: 0521794617
Publication Date: 11/6/2000
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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