Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public. Charles Vest congresseffectivelygeneral Change image and share on social
We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education. Charles Vest activitycosteducation Change image and share on social
The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universities. Charles Vest coalitionconceptgroup Change image and share on social
I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets. Charles Vest aidbracketcontinue Change image and share on social
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true. Charles Vest advanceagencybite share on social
Literally from the moment I came in the door of MIT, it was very clear that a highly productive 40-year partnership between U.S. research universities and the federal government was badly eroding. Charles Vest badlycleardoor Change image and share on social
Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close now to having a balanced budget. All that has been very helpful. Charles Vest balancebudgetclose share on social
Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition. Charles Vest affordamountaward share on social
We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index. Charles Vest approximatelyboardconsumer Change image and share on social
