INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO INCREASED EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR GRADUATE-STUDENTS

This paper uses institutionally based data to estimate how universitie s would respond to increased federal support for graduate students. It demonstrates that doctorate-producing universities do respond to chan ges in the number of full-time science and engineering students suppor ted on external funds by altering the number of students that they sup port on institutional funds. Institutional adjustment to changes in ex ternal support levels appears to be quite rapid. However, in the aggre gate, the magnitude of these responses is quite small.