Government

Politics, geography and history all prevent the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education from following Georgia's consolidation path.

Indiana moves to focus on job training through nondegree programs.

Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government’s primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot.

Republican congressman’s suggestion during hearing stuns aid experts. Many also object to his claim that students spend their federal aid on “goodies and electronics.”

Institutional aid was preserved in White House budget. But several programs facing significant cuts serve disproportionate numbers of minority students -- at HBCUs and elsewhere.

The Trump administration's new budget blueprint proposes the effective elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, write Francine Berman and Cathy N. Davidson. Is that the value we place on our cultural inheritance and its future?

A physician and a scientist, Raynard S. Kington, adds his voice to those who are appalled by the proposed elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities.

Advocates for science hope Congress will block proposals.