The debilitating impact, they claim, is being felt as the 1991-92 school year draws to a close. While summers past may have carried the promise to university researchers of a fall term spiced with pay raises, new equipment, and refurbished labs, for many scientists the coming autumn looms like a bad storm on the horizon. The problem--and the pressing question of how to cope with it--are evident nationwide. Some 30 states have reduced their 1992 higher education appropriations: In California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Oregon, the cutback will be at least 10 percent; Connecticut is being hit with an 18 percent reduction; Virginia is reducing its higher education allocation by 17 percent.
What some observers consider to be an imminent crisis has been building for several years, they say, and few predict a reversal in the discouraging trend. Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association of American Universities (AAU), all of whose ...
