[lbo-talk] academic beancounters

[Chuck Grimes]

``The concept of a productivity spreadsheet came from the Texas Public 
Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank that Gov. Rick Perry invited to 
a state university summit in May 2008. The group suggested several reforms 
with a common theme: Let taxpayers see what's going on at every public 
institution-and let them decide what's worth subsidizing.''

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536322093520994.html

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Here is the Texas Public Policy Foundation website:

http://www.texaspolicy.com/

``The Foundation's mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal 
responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas by educating and affecting 
policymakers and the Texas public policy debate with academically sound 
research and outreach.''

Amazingly nasty assholes. They have a hard-on for the EPA, which I take to 
mean oil money. In their spread sheet analysis, they showed chemistry as the 
most profitable professors. It takes about three seconds to figure that out: 
petro-chemical industry research grants, and pharma.

CG