Sentences with phrase «decline in federal funding»

He notes the convergence of three important trends: first, the rise in strategic education philanthropy; second, the decline in federal funding, in part due to ideologically contested priorities; and third, the growing influence of nonacademic think tanks operating outside the constraints of university - based research.

«Given the dramatic decline in federal funding for research, this challenge gift is a perfect opportunity for everyone to step up to the plate and vote with their checkbooks to show support for our science,» said Brian Kennedy, PhD, Buck Institute President and CEO.

Many U.S. scientists had hoped to ride out the steady decline in federal funding for biomedical research, but it's continuing on a downward trend with no end in sight.

The bipartisan budget deal reached in late 2013 was praiseworthy, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner said in a newly published Politico op - ed, but more must be done to counteract the decades - long decline in federal funding for research and development.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, the report points out, federal funding for housing assistance programs has actually declined by 3 percent in the last seven years.

Some reasons for the fall include: the Federal Reserve lowering the Fed Funds rate, declining inflation, improved monetary efficiency, economic slack, the continued global demand for US assets, and relative stability in the US vs. other markets.

... As the size of the balance sheet and the quantity of excess reserves in the system decline, the Federal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy — namely, by setting a target for the federal fundFederal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy — namely, by setting a target for the federal fundfederal funds rate.

On February 23, 1995 then - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, in his semi-annual Humphrey - Hawkins Act testimony to Congress, announced that he was ending his period of money tightening that had taken the federal funds rate up to 6 % and would start letting rates decline.

He has opposed the energy policies of President Barack Obama, declined to vote on both the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the DREAM ACT, voted for removing federal funding from Planned Parenthood in 2015 (but voted to preserve funding for the organization in 2017), and voted to confirm most of President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees.

LAGOS — As the pressure on federal revenue mounts following steady decline in oil revenue, the Federal Government would be resorting to a Sukuk Bond for funding the widening budget dfederal revenue mounts following steady decline in oil revenue, the Federal Government would be resorting to a Sukuk Bond for funding the widening budget dFederal Government would be resorting to a Sukuk Bond for funding the widening budget deficit.

Malpass hit Gillibrand for supporting health care reform and for voting last September in favor of continuing federal funding to one of the conservatives» favorite targets, ACORN, which was something even her mentor, Sen. Chuck Schumer, declined to do.

Testimony includes: recommendations for the 2014 - 2015 state fiscal year; review of actual and proposed reductions in human services spending; use of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding in the 2014 - 2015 Executive Budget; and, the impact of decline in the purchasing power of the monthly cash assistance grant.

Cuomo has returned to the effort to oust de Blasio with a vengeance, bolstered by the impact of state and federal probes into the mayor's official conduct and fund - raising activities, a newly disclosed state Board of Elections memo accusing the mayor and his allies of «willful and flagrant» violations of state law, and polls showing de Blasio's popularity in sharp decline, the sources said.

And as Lowenstein of IBO stated, the mayor is forgiving $ 337 million owed by NYC Health + Hospitals, but has also chosen to maintain the city's $ 204 million annual match of a «federal funding stream, even though the federal dollars are expected to decline because of changes in the health care payment system.»

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

Under provisions of the current continuing resolution, federal research funding would total $ 55.2 billion for FY 2007, a 2.6 percent decrease that would mark the first year - to - year decline in at least three decades.

The summer after my freshman year in college, I thought I would have to decline a great research opportunity because the position was funded by the National Science Foundation, which — like all federal agencies — has restrictions on funding noncitizens.

A decade of flat funding by federal agencies, declines in in - house research programs in industry, and an academic research culture that relies upon an ever - increasing number of trainees to execute research have flooded the market with highly trained scientists competing for few permanent positions that would utilize their skills.

In «Science slowdown» (SN: 11/30/13, p. 14), Beth Mole reported on how the recent U.S. government shutdown affected science and on the long - term decline in federal research fundinIn «Science slowdown» (SN: 11/30/13, p. 14), Beth Mole reported on how the recent U.S. government shutdown affected science and on the long - term decline in federal research fundinin federal research funding.

In the paper, «Plug - in vehicles and the future of road infrastructure funding in the United States,» Jerome Dumortier and Seth Payton, assistant professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration feIn the paper, «Plug - in vehicles and the future of road infrastructure funding in the United States,» Jerome Dumortier and Seth Payton, assistant professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein vehicles and the future of road infrastructure funding in the United States,» Jerome Dumortier and Seth Payton, assistant professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein the United States,» Jerome Dumortier and Seth Payton, assistant professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fein vehicle registration fee.

Given the erosion of the gasoline and diesel tax base, the federal Highway Trust Fund has suffered a decline in its balance and experienced significant funding shortfalls, according to the paper.

Federal funds for R&D in almost every field have been declining for 30 years as a percentage of the gross domestic product, and most of these dollars are going to the development side.

INDIANAPOLIS — Given declining revenues from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and the need for new ways of funding road infrastructure, state and federal policymakers are considering or have enacted annual registration fees for plug - in vehicles.

The state now knows how much federal funding it stands to lose by declining to give state standardized tests in math and English language arts next spring to all students: at least $ 15 million — and potentially tens of millions of dollars more.

In May of 2017 in her testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Betsy DeVos declined to say whether she would protect students against discriminatory policies in private schools that receive federal funding through vouchersIn May of 2017 in her testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Betsy DeVos declined to say whether she would protect students against discriminatory policies in private schools that receive federal funding through vouchersin her testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Betsy DeVos declined to say whether she would protect students against discriminatory policies in private schools that receive federal funding through vouchersin private schools that receive federal funding through vouchers.3

Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low» per - pupil funding level and the district's steady decline in enrollment.

NEA has called on Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self - Determination Act, (SRS) which provides critical assistance to rural districts whose funding depends largely on federal timber sales, which have declined precipitously in recent years.

State officials have suspended a third year of grant funding for four Pueblo middle schools — Freed, Pitts, Risley and Roncalli — and one Denver school, Gilpin Elementary, after the schools posted declines in overall results on this year's state School Performance Framework, according to Patrick Chapman, who oversees federal grants for the Colorado Department of Education.

More than $ 40 million in federal grants awarded to some of Colorado's lowest - performing schools as part of a massive national turnaround effort is producing mixed results, with state officials suspending funding for five schools because of declining test scores.

Thus, the use of carryover funds masks an actual decline in the amount of federal revenue CPS is receiving.

This influx of funds, together with declines in state and local spending during the Great Recession, drove an increase in the federal share to around 13 percent through 2011 - 12.

In fact, the attention to older students has sometimes come at the expense of younger ones: Since 2007, federal funding for early literacy has declined from more than $ 1 billion to $ 250 million, even as the overall federal education budget has grown.

Today, over half of all public school students are living in poverty.7 Yet over the past decade, state and local funding for public schools has declined.8 Federal support to ensure the schools in low - income communities have the resources they need is critical.

IndyMac's aggressive growth strategy, use of Alt - A and other nontraditional loan products, insufficient underwriting, credit concentrations in residential real estate in the California and Florida markets — states, alongside Nevada and Arizona, where the housing bubble was most pronounced — and heavy reliance on costly funds borrowed from a Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and from brokered deposits, led to its demise when the mortgage market declined in 2007.

Return of the Stockpickers The primary distinguishing economic trend of the past 30 years is, of course, a steady decline in interest rates, until the federal - funds rate sank to about zero — and stayed there for five years.

Full and matching federal funds need to be awarded in a way that increasingly (over years) decline for public access into areas likely to be problematic fifty years into the future.

With federal research funding declining in many areas, academics at universities are being encouraged to obtain funding from industry.

This gap is expected to widen in the decades ahead as government legal help for those in need continues to diminish, with a steady decline in funding for Legal Aid, public defenders, and state and federal court resources.

The 1980s meant economic decline in western Pennsylvania, reductions in federal funding, renewed opposition to family planning and abortion services, and the onset of AIDS.

These limits exist alongside the already burdensome Hyde Amendment, which bars federal Medicaid coverage of abortion in most circumstances; 35 states decline to extend state Medicaid funds to cover abortion beyond very limited circumstances.19 This increasingly restricted environment creates severe disincentives for insurers to contract with abortion providers — and specialized abortion providers in particular — and for providers to accept insurance if contracts are offered.

In a fact sheet prepared on the 2001 - 2002 Federal Budget, (133) the Attorney - General's Department stated that it had become apparent that workloads were much higher than the estimated workloads on which funding had been based in 1997 - 98, and were expected to increase as the number of active native title applications peaks in 2002 - 03 and declines thereafteIn a fact sheet prepared on the 2001 - 2002 Federal Budget, (133) the Attorney - General's Department stated that it had become apparent that workloads were much higher than the estimated workloads on which funding had been based in 1997 - 98, and were expected to increase as the number of active native title applications peaks in 2002 - 03 and declines thereaftein 1997 - 98, and were expected to increase as the number of active native title applications peaks in 2002 - 03 and declines thereaftein 2002 - 03 and declines thereafter.

Even in the housing sector, the impact of higher federal funds rates could be moderated by the decline in the business of adjustable - rate mortgages, which Fannie Mae economist Doug Duncan estimates make up just 4.5 percent of the mortgage market.