The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them.
Charles M. VestFor much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe.
Charles M. VestOur goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public.
Charles M. VestThe thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expended.
Charles M. Vest