McCarthy said the agency would still be funded at higher levels than it was at the end of President George W. Bush's administration.
That's a staggering difference, and raises a critical question: could we reduce the exclusion rate in mainstream schools if children at risk of being thrown out were funded at this higher rate?
One of the arguments was that philosophy was funded in band D – getting the lowest government subsidy – and so it made more sense for the university to switch to taking more social science students who were funded at a higher rate in band C. As a bit of proactive management, it seems to make financial sense.
An analysis of overall Australian funding per YLL showed that breast, cervical, leukemia, melanoma and prostate cancers were funded at far higher levels than provided for bladder, brain, gall bladder, lung/mesothelioma, kidney, lymphoma and pancreatic cancers [ 10].
Table 2 shows that some cancers are funded at levels higher than their relative burden suggests (testicular, leukaemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, cervical, ovarian, prostate), while other cancers appear underfunded (gallbladder, nasopharyngeal, lung, intestine, stomach, pancreatic, thyroid, oesophageal, liver, kidney, bladder, and brain/central nervous system).
The government argues that despite the proposed cuts, schools in inner London will continue to be funded at the highest level to match need.
"It's a sport of emphasis at a lot of schools; Title IX is really having that effect where people and budgets and scholarships are funded at a high level," said Sue Ryan, the coach at Stony Brook and past chairwoman of the women's committee of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Some cancers are funded at levels far higher than their relative burden suggests (breast cancer, prostate cancer, and leukemia) while other cancers appear underfunded (bladder, esophageal, liver, oral, pancreatic, stomach, and uterine cancers).
Some cancers are funded at levels far higher than their relative burden suggests (testicular, leukaemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, cervical, ovarian, prostate) while other cancers appear underfunded (gallbladder, lung, nasopharyngeal, intestine, stomach, pancreatic, thyroid, oesophageal, liver, kidney, bladder, and brain/central nervous system).
"NOAA is funded at more than $400 million higher than it was in 2008".
