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Straayer: budget doesn't place enough emphasis on academics

Abstract:
The CSU budget for fiscal year 2008, which allocates a little over $1 million of new revenue to faculty expansion, has drawn scrutiny from faculty for placing too much emphasis on research and non-academic stretch goals, while not shoring up the academic guts of the university sufficiently....

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Alex

posted 3/04/09 @ 2:41 PM MST

Seven ways of stealing from budget

3. "Layer".
Nobody writes and talks about it, but such things happen. Some big state company ordered the equipment abroad. It was bought not at the manufacturer, but at a foreign firm that purchases the necessary equipment, and resells it gaining 10-20 %. But if you would call there you would hear Russian voice. And as the equipment - boring, costs over $1 billions you would tell, who the customer is. By the way, RosUkrEnergo is a kind of such pattern.
http://ua-ru-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/seven-legal-ways-of-stealing-from.html

Arvensis

posted 3/04/09 @ 7:12 PM MST

Originally posted by

Alex

Seven ways of stealing from budget

3. "Layer".
Nobody writes and talks about it, but such things happen. Some big state company ordered the equipment abroad. It was bought not at the manufacturer, but at a foreign firm that purchases the necessary equipment, and resells it gaining 10-20 %. But if you would call there you would hear Russian voice. And as the equipment - boring, costs over $1 billions you would tell, who the customer is. By the way, RosUkrEnergo is a kind of such pattern.
http://ua-ru-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/seven-legal-ways-of-stealing-from.html


Read what you wrote...I don't get it.
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