Abstract
An ambitious effort has finally begun at the National Science & Technoli ogy Council (NSTC) to find ways of reducing the increasing tensions between the country's research universities and the federal government. The stress is, by all accounts, extreme, and the fear is that the government and the universities are rapidly moving away from commonly shared values. A lot of bureaucratic ammunition is being assembled for the undertaking. Growing government scrutiny, falling R&D budgets, and a loss of national direction since the end of the Cold War are seen to be the main roots of current strain. The NSTC review examine what components of the university system may be under stress and will determine what the U.S. government role should be in addressing these issues, declares White House science adviser and Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Director John H. Gibbons. Staffed by OSTP and composed of Cabinet-level department secretaries, NSTC will ...
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