Higher ed funds cut in Senate’s stimulus bill
Source: statenews.com Posted By: J B..5763 days ago
The U.S. Senate’s economic stimulus package passed Tuesday is $18 billion larger than the U.S. House’s version, but contained billions of dollars fewer in student aid, infrastructure and other higher education funding.
The $838 billion Senate version includes cutting all $6 billion the House bill budgeted for education facilities, as well as $40 billion less in funding to states for K-12 and higher education.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has called on the state’s publicly funded colleges....