It is incumbent upon all institutions of higher learning to To the corruption of the scientific enterprise. Old-boy networks and pork barrel funding of science stifle innovation and ultimately lead Washington: The Brookings Institution.Īdapted from Future Survey, (1993, April).] TheĪdvisors: Scientists in the policy process. Network and the dangers of arrogance and irrelevance. Level of creative tension that will nurture debate while avoiding an entrenched old-boy Fair balance is needed in the advisory system to find an effective The challenge is to make the advisory system con-tribute toĮffective government without creating more bureaucratic clutter that prolongs andĬomplicates decisions. Committees face an increasinglyīurdensome climate, as the need for technically informed and experienced advisors seems They also are vulnerable to neglect, misuse, or atrophy. Sometimes played significant policy roles vis-a-vis input for governmental agencies, but Outlook, adequate supporting resources, and a pragmatic rationalist mode ("They willĪlmost always have subtly negotiated the terms of what they will say so as to mesh with Issue or problem, an identifiable client or point of access to the agency, a committeeĬhair "on the same political wave-length" as the policymaker, some diversity of Their activities include peer review, programĪdvising, ad hoc fact-finding or investigating, and providing advice on broadīrookings Institution, successful advisory committees have a clear mandate relating to an About half of them are clearly scientific others could be considered Adapted from FutureĪdvisory committees of all kinds in the U.S. New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Publishers. Government actions that discourage support for research (e.g., the proposal to taxĪdvertising revenue for scholarly journals). Research (parallel to deductions for charitable organizations) and the elimination of Research support from private foundations, income tax deductions for private funding of
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Micro-management, not scientifically informed, freezes out innovative ideas and favors big Support of congressional whims, with little sense of priorities. Funds go to everything from support of scientists, to The result of pork barrel funding of science has been chaotic and Then, almost without public notice, Congress extended pork barrel politics to a Money for influential legislators' pork barrel projects such as roads, dams, and post On the Horizon, 1992, 1(4), 11-12. It is posted here with permission [Note: This is a re-formatted manuscript that was originally published in
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