Show Page Page 3 3 Congress Ponders Funds For Universities WASHINGTON More than billion in federal funds for colleges and universities each year would be affected by legislation currently being studied by the House Committee on Science and HEARINGS WILL be scheduled soon on the legislation calling for a Hoover-type commission on science and The commission would determine the best way for the federal government to spend money for research and development During the past fiscal billion in federal funds went to U.S. institutions of higher education for Education officials have bitterly complained about the in distribution of these THE HOUSE committee is several similar bills including a Senate-passed measure sponsored by Senator John L. chairman of the Senate Committee on Government The Legislation provides for a commission of representatives from the White engineering and institutions handling scientific It would be up to commission to how to reorganize federal agencies conducting or financing research programs to insure effective eliminate duplication of agencies in such fields as information processing and research and use of resources of private industry and nonprofit such as make maximum efficient use of engineering and scientific most the need for a department of science and and what functions and it would A SIMILAR bill introduced by George would ask the commission to go one step Meader's wants the commission to determine the impact of government research programs on the conduct of science and other scholarly research in the United His measure would also determine the indirect costs to colleges for research program and academic freedom and federal control of research THE ATOMIC Energy Commission gave 27 per Defense 24 per Education and Welfare 23 per The Space 13 per 8 per cent from the National Science The lion's share of the money 71 per cent went for research in the physical Only 26 per cent went for projects in the life 2 per cent for the psychological and one per cent on the social for all are almost completely ignored by federal research programs and OF MORE THAN and universities in the only schools managed to devour more than 95 per cent of the federal For the most are located in New England and the Mid-Atlantic a cluster of large state universities in the and a handful of highly developed private and public institutions on the Pacific Legislation remedying these imbalances is expected to get strong support from education and White House |