Comment & Debate
David Minge, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. “The Case Against Academic Earmarking” – “if institutions rely on earmarking, they face the vagaries of the political process in a much more capricious way. They risk the loss of their political patron. Members of Congress and the Senate move on. Those institutions that depend on a ‘sugar daddy’ may face a period of drought when their patron leaves. Recently Senator John Kerry (D-NE) said that the University of Nebraska lost $30 million per year when he retired. Indeed, his decision was a sad moment for faculty and staff at that institution.”