Word: vesting
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...Vest also discussed the Interagency Panel on Advanced Science and Security (IPASS), a work in progress designed to make it easier for foreign scholars to pursue valuable research work in the U.S. under national security regulations...
Seen as a whole, Vest contended, the new legislation encompasses far more than visa concerns and flawed registration systems...
...host of restrictions on research—and new requirements about reporting information to the government—threaten to interject governmental influence into the fundamental components of academic inquiry, Vest has said repeatedly in public appearances since last year...
...Some people might say I’m being too alarmist on these matters, but I don’t think so,” Vest said. “I care about these things not just because of hoping for the interests of colleges and universities, but because I think it is a general interest for our country...
John C. Crowley, MIT’s vice president for federal relations, says Vest leads a tight cadre of colleagues pursuing these issues...