RESADM-ers and PODers--

Have you seen this morning's Chronicle summary?  If not, here's their lead
item:

*  DESPITE HAVING EVALUATED 1,700 grant applications that it had
 solicited, the U.S. Education Department is canceling its
 annual competition for the Fund for the Improvement of
 Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) because members of Congress
 want the money spent on projects specified by them.

This is outrageous.  FIPSE is the only federal program which concentrates on
innovation in higher ed (though others sometimes reward it); we can't afford to
let it go down the tubes.

I've just sent it to my chancellor and asked him to pressure AASCU to object as
strenuously as they can.  I urge you all to speak with your
presidents/chancellors and whomever else you think can exert some pressure.

Bill Campbell
Director, Grants & Research
University of Wisconsin-River Falls

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