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...Stelzer was skeptical of that explanation."There are two ways of looking at it--one is thatthey are doing it because there is a newmechanical way of doing [the grants]," Stelzersaid. "But the other is that it was a politicaldecision, and we had heard they were very upsetwith the study...
While the study was billed as an attempt togenerate momentum for an oil import tariff, itsucceeded most in calling attention to itself.Many reporters who attended the briefing say thatthey were suspicious of the hard-sell packaging ofthe report and of its funding sources. And thoughCapitol Hill never made much movement on oilimport fee legislation, several major funders ofthe EEPC who opposed such a fee have seemed tomake a point of distancing themselves from thecenter...
...other center officials say thatthey face a double-edged dilemma with the type ofpublic policy research the EEPC conducts: whilecritics blast the objectivity of research becauseof who funded it, others refuse to give moneyafter research findings are published...
Many professors interviewed said simply thatthey were not following the case and would notspeculate about the litigation or the effect itmight have on the school...
Before making the changes, the deans consulted the council's academics committee, said Beroutsos, who chairs that panel. Beroutsos said councilmembers "generally agree with the move, "but thatthey did not take a vote on the shopping periodchanges...