Wednesday, December 11, 2013

What the Budget Deal Means for Higher Ed - Michael Stratford, Inside Higher Ed

The federal budget deal announced by Congressional negotiators Tuesday evening would largely alleviate cuts to research funding and campus-based student aid programs. The agreement, reached by Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican, and Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, would fund the government for the remainder of the current fiscal year at a level higher than a House-passed budget proposal but lower than the level that the Senate and President Obama had sought. The deal also sets the top-line funding level for the 2015 fiscal year that begins next October, a provision that negotiators said they hoped would restore more certainty and order to the federal budget process. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/12/11/budget-deal-expected-alleviate-automatic-cuts-scientific-research