NEWS BRIEFS: Trump’s Proposed Budget Slashes Funding for Higher Education

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION:Science research funding and programs that help students access college are on the chopping block as Trump aims to cut at least $163 billion. The proposed budget plan slashes nearly $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health, $12 billion from the Education Department, and almost $5 billion from the National Science Foundation. The skinny budget also eliminates funding for the Institute of Museum and Library SciencesAmeriCorps, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities. Trump has already made deep cuts at those agencies and put most—if not all—of their employees on leave.” Read more here.

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