America faces many challenges...but the enemy I fear most is complacency. We are about to be hit by the full force of global competition. If we continue to ignore the obvious task at hand while others beat us at our own game, our children and grandchildren will pay the price. We must now establish a sense of urgency.
I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effe… - Charles M. Vest
I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effe…
- Charles M. Vest
On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable wo… - Charles M. Vest
On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable wo…
The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universiti… - Charles M. Vest
The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universiti…
Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close n… - Charles M. Vest
Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close n…
Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general p… - Charles M. Vest
Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general p…
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. - Charles M. Vest
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.
Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs… - Charles M. Vest
Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs…
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people abo… - Charles M. Vest
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people abo…
I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly a… - Charles M. Vest
I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly a…
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