Budget Deal Would Add Money, but Not Restore DACA - Andrew Kreighbaum and Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed

Senate leaders on Wednesday looked poised to reach an agreement on a two-year budget deal that would lift spending caps put in place in place at federal agencies by Congress in 2011. The lifting of those caps has long been sought by higher ed institutions who say they threaten sustainable funding of research. The agreement would add $4 billion in new money for student aid, according to a brief summary document circulated on Capitol Hill Wednesday, and boost spending on the National Institutes of Health by $2 billion. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/08/senate-budget-agreement-boosts-student-aid-and-research-does-not-restore-daca