Biggest Pork Barrel Ever: $225-Million for Projects That Bypassed Merit Reviews.

Cordes, Colleen

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Publication Date: 1988

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Biggest Pork Barrel Ever: $225-Million for Projects That Bypassed Merit Reviews.

Cordes, Colleen

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n20 pA1,26 Jan 27 1988

Congress has quietly approved millions of dollars for campus research projects not subjected to traditional merit reviews. The wisdom of allowing legislators to direct federal money to specific campuses is questioned less and less, and the practice is more prevalent than ever. (MSE)

Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Lobbying, Peer Evaluation, Political Influences, Research Projects, Resource Allocation

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