At a June 2 hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Peter Wood urged for "cuts to be made shrewdly" to national funding for the social sciences. Read Dr. Wood's synopsis of the hearing, "How to Save the Social Sciences," in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Innovations blog.
Read the press release from the Committee on Science, Space and Technology summarizing the witnesses' arguments.
Watch the webcast of the hearing.