With apologies to those on the list who are not American, I wanted to highlight to those who are that NSF funding for political science is under threat again. Some may care to follow up on the suggested actions identified in the letter from APSA below.
Ron ---- http://apsa.informz.net/APSA/archives/archive_2195869.html Dear Colleague, APSA has learned that the political science program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is under threat again. Senator Coburn reportedly intends to introduce an amendment to the Senate Appropriations bill (H.R. 933) later today to eliminate NSF political science funding. The full text of a letter from Senator Coburn to NSF Director Suresh outlining the position against political science funding can be found here <http://APSA.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMTk1ODY5JnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9MTEwMTI5NjE/i ndex.html> . I urge you to contact your senators <http://APSA.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMTk1ODY5JnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9MTEwMTI5NjI/i ndex.html> today to express your views on this imminent effort to eliminate federal funding of political science. To facilitate your communication, we provide a direct portal <http://APSA.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMTk1ODY5JnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9MTEwMTI5NjM/i ndex.html> to your senators with sample language that you can modify to create your own message. Please contact your senators today <http://APSA.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMTk1ODY5JnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9MTEwMTI5NjQ/i ndex.html> . As you deem appropriate, please forward this e-mail <http://APSA.informz.net/APSA/SendToFriend.asp?brandid=3284&email=archive_em [email protected]&mfqid=6505812&mi=2195869&l=1&returnUrl=http://www.apsanet.or g> to your colleagues, to your students, and to other concerned people. For more information on legislative history and APSA advocacy, please visit the APSA advocacy page <http://APSA.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMTk1ODY5JnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9MTEwMTI5NjU/i ndex.html> . Please contact me <mailto:[email protected]> or our advocacy team ([email protected]) with any information, questions, and comments you would like to share. Sincerely, Michael Brintnall Executive Director APSA Ronald Mitchell, Professor Department of Political Science and Program in Environmental Studies University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284 [email protected] http://pages.uoregon.edu/rmitchel/ DISCCRS Co-Organizer: http://disccrs.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
