Credit where it's due

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This month's cover story, "Changing Course," beginning on page 16, discusses a topic of high importance to many ASEE members-research funding, specifically funding from the Department of Defense. Since the end of the Cold War, the reduction in DOD's overall budget has been mirrored by a reduction of more than 20 percent in the department's research budget.

Now, though, the tide seems to be turning. The nation's universities, scientific and engineering societies, and corporate representatives have worked hard in recent years to educate members of Congress and their staffs on the importance of DOD academic research funding to the nation's future defense readiness …