A group representing a multitude of business and education interests sent a letter to Congress and the White House Friday, warning that the nation’s “innovation deficit” will continue to grow if funding for university research and science education is not considered in negotiations over the government shutdown, sequester and debt limit.
The Task Force on American Innovation, a research advocacy group, wrote:
We understand the broader fiscal pressures our nation faces and applaud your focus on this fundamental challenge … However, undermining the nation’s support for research and STEM education will not help resolve this problem; instead it will exacerbate it, slowing down the engine that drives the innovation and economic growth that are necessary to long-term deficit and debt reduction.
Post a Comment