STEM? whats that? Difficult to drive educated outcomes in a Society that uses an employment model & mandate to operate its education system. Devon NoizIvy.org
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Chris R Albon <[email protected]>wrote: > As a political scientist: boooo. > As a international relations guy: uh, okay. > > I am continually amazed that people continue to forget that STEM is > embedded in a social, culture, economic, and yes, political context. > > Chris R. Albon > ChrisRAlbon.com > > On Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: > > WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is > being released by the American Political Science > Association<http://www.apsanet.org/index.cfm> > : > > (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120604/DC18511LOGO-b ) > > This afternoon, the United States Senate delivered a devastating blow to > the integrity of the scientific process at the National Science Foundation > (NSF) by voting for the Coburn Amendment to the Continuing Appropriations > Act of 2013. > > Senator Coburn (R-OK) submitted an amendment (SA 65, as modified) to the > Mikulski-Shelby Amendment (SA 26) to H.R. 933 (Full-Year Continuing > Appropriations Act of 2013). The amendment places unprecedented > restriction on the national research agenda by declaring the political > science study of democracy and public policy out of bounds. The amendment > allows only political science research that promotes "national security or > the economic interests of the United States." > > Adoption of this amendment is a gross intrusion into the widely-respected, > independent scholarly agenda setting process at NSF that has supported our > world-class national science enterprise for over sixty years. > > The amendment creates an exceptionally dangerous slippery slope. While > political science research is most immediately affected, at risk is *any > and all* research in *any and all* disciplines funded by the NSF. The > amendment makes all scientific research vulnerable to the whims of > political pressure. > > Adoption of this amendment demonstrates a serious misunderstanding of the > breadth and importance of political science research for the national > interest and its integral place on the nation's interdisciplinary > scientific research agenda. > > Singling out any one field of science is short-sighted and misguided, and > poses a serious threat to the independence and integrity of the National > Science Foundation. > > And shackling political science within the national science agenda is a > remarkable embarrassment for the world's exemplary democracy. > > For the latest in political science research in the news, follow us on > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalScienceNews> and > Twitter<http://twitter.com/PoliSciNews> > . > > *About the American Political Science Association > *Founded in 1903, the *American Political Science Association* > <http://www.apsanet.org/index.cfm>is > the leading professional organization for the study of political science > and serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries. With a range of > programs and services for individuals, departments and institutions, APSA > brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, > and occupational endeavors within and outside academe in order to expand > awareness and understanding of politics. > > SOURCE American Political Science Association > > > RELATED LINKS > http://www.apsanet.org > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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