Disappearing evo bio degree

post from The Island of Doubt on 24 August 2006 10:38:05 AM. © The Island of Doubt

The government spokesthingies say it's just a oversight. "On its own, it's not really a smoking gun," Glenn Branch of the National Center for Science Education tells New Scientist. "Inadvertant" is the explanation supplied to the New York Times. But the white space where "evolutionary biology" used to be in a list of science majors eligible for federal student assistance sure looks suspicious to me.

Here's a screen grab of the controversial list, taken from a pdf at the AC/SMART grant website.

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