Table E-1.— Leading Issues as Reported by University Respondents 



Statement of Issue 

 (Abbreviated) 



Order of Frequency of Mention by 



All Presidents Carnegie I Carnegie II 



All and Vice Pres. and Pres. and 



Respondents Presidents Vice Pres. Vice Pres. 



All 

 Presidents 



All Vice 



Presidents 



for Research 



pressures that teaching and administrative loadsput 

 upon the research effort and in proposing practical 

 areas in which research is needed. 



Among the departments, engineering was relative- 

 ly quite unconcerned about pressures to do applied 



rather than basic research. Interest in the future 

 supply of research manpower was greatest among 

 those in the physical and life sciences. Respondents 

 in the mathematical and life sciences were most 

 concerned about public attitudes. Engineers were 

 most concerned about a need for more money or more 

 basic research. Social and behavioral scientists 



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