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...they stand, will not redirect funds from the rich to the poor, as intended--Reagan has put forth plans to cut drastically government support for the arts and humanities, educational and scientific research, and training in many other areas. Entire divisions of agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), will collapse under the Reagan proposals...
...instance, recommended that the NSF sacrifice more than 90 per cent of the $111.9 million it was to receive in fiscal year 1982 for science education--funds that provide pre-doctoral fellowships and teacher-training programs for many students at Harvard. By totally eliminating a $75-million grant for the reinstrumentation of university laboratories proposed by former President Jimmy Carter, Reagan has denied Harvard researchers millions of dollars, which would have been used to revamp outdated facilities such as the Mallinckrodt Chemistry Labs...
Although he will not outline his specific plans for spending cuts within agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) until tomorrow's budget address. President Reagan has already said he will sharply reduce support for the "soft" social sciences, while making significant cuts in certain "hard" sciences...
...said he "is keenly concerned about proposed cuts in the NSF affecting the behavioral and social sciences." He also listed the loss of training grants from the National Institutes of Health, the elimination of funding for museums from the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, and reductions in aid to students as steps that will hurt Harvard...
Calling Reagan's proposals " a strategy of elimination," one education lobbyist said last week that he expects a 75-per-cent reduction in the $40 million Carter had recommended for next year for the social and economic divisions of the NSF. He added that he has learned that Reagan also plans to slash over 60 per cent from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), which funds research in psychology, among other fields...