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Reagan Administration Proposes Sharp Cut-Back in Federal Support for Social Science Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2022

Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mann*
Affiliation:
American Political Science Association
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By now most of you are aware of the severe cuts in federal funding for the social and behavioral sciences and for the humanities proposed by the Reagan Administration.

At the National Science Foundation, while support for the natural sciences is slated to increase, the proposed budget for the social and economic sciences calls for a 65 percent reduction.

At the National Institute of Mental Health (ADAMHA), the Administration proposes to eliminate all social research, which is expected to include research on the family, socialization of children, effects of separation and divorce, evaluation of prevention efforts with children, effects of mass media on behavior of children. In addition, the definition probably will include social policy research, research on race and ethnic relations, studies of community structure and change and studies of social institutions.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , Spring 1981 , pp. 262 - 263
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1981

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