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Goheen, Robert F. – Vital Speeches of the Day, 1973
Two problems currently facing private foundations are the quality of their performance in serving the public welfare and the gaining of fuller public understanding and approval. (RN)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foundation Programs
Download full textDepartment of the Treasury, Washington, DC. – 1977
The report describes regulation of philanthropic organizations by federal, state, and self-regulatory groups within the organizations. It is the final volume in a five volume series examining the relationship between nonprofit institutions and their donors. Topics discussed in the first part of this volume are regulation of the philanthropic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bookkeeping, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Peer reviewedPaldy, Lester G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1975
Points out misunderstandings between the scientific community in the United States and the majority of elected representatives. Reviews the confrontation between the Congress and the scientific establishment over grant procedures used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the degree of control that Congress exerts over the awarding of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Peer reviewedShapley, Deborah – Science, 1975
The House of Representatives voted that the National Science Foundation (NSF) must submit a list of all proposed grant awards to Congress every 30 days as well as justifications for them. The award of any grant can be vetoed by either house within 30 days. This supplants the current method of peer reviews of grant applications. (MLH)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foundation Programs
Averch, Harvey – 1976
This statement includes the Fiscal Year 1977 Budget Request of the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The federal government is discussed as the major consumer of the scientific manpower and knowledge that the system of higher education produces. Specific areas to be funded are outlined; these include new…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Peer reviewedStrassenburg, A. A., Ed. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1973
Presents an outline of the 1973 program and a summary of science education issues including curriculum developments at the graduate level. Discusses the controversy existing during hearings between the Foundation and the Committee on Science and Astronautics and between Congress and the Administration. (CC)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Science, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1969
The statements of the Chairman of the National Science Board and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the Senate Subcommittee on the National Science Foundation, when it was hearing testimony on the bills authorizing the expenditure of the NSF for 1970, include reference to the problems requiring scientific investigation,…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foundation Programs
