Business

Congress’s proposed budgets would preserve more research spending than the president’s. It’s a rare rebuke from Republicans to the White House’s efforts to gut funding for several research support agencies.

Republicans in multiple states passed laws this year pushing institutions to ax academic programs that graduate few students—and requiring them to appeal to state leaders if they want exemptions. Faculty lament the trend.

In our forthcoming annual survey of college and university chief business officers, anxiety abounds. A majority say uncertainty is challenging their ability to conduct even basic financial planning.

Colleges should start communicating with students about the changes while bracing for state budget cuts, higher ed experts say.

Experts worry that the law will have a detrimental impact on America’s universities—changing who gets to attend college and how they pay for it.