College Budget Cuts

Education Budget Crisis: Cut Today and Lose Tomorrow

Joon Chuah | Posted 04.18.2012

Joon Chuah

In the current economic climate, university administrators must consider the long-term implications of their decisions. These decisions will greatly impact the future of these institutions and the quality of research and education they provide.

Agriculture Colleges Get Budget Squeeze

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 08.27.2011

MINNEAPOLIS — As university budgets take a beating across the country, agricultural schools and extension programs are feeling the impact. Larg...

California Community Colleges May Have To Shut Out 400,000 Students

Posted 05.31.2011

A predicted $800 million budget cut to California's community colleges would deny 400,000 students enrollment in the upcoming academic year and cut th...

Leah Finnegan

Mark Yudof's Higher Calling: Can The University Of California's President Navigate A Budget Crisis And Restore His Own Image?

HuffingtonPost.com | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

OAKLAND -- Salary notwithstanding, Mark Yudof has had a tough couple of years. Yudof, the president of the vast University of California system, wa...

Agriculture Colleges Sell Cow Herds To Cut Costs

AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.25.2011

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The fields and long red barns at the University of Vermont will soon house fewer cows as low milk prices, high costs and budge...

Students and Workers Face Shared Crisis

Sarita Gupta | Posted 05.25.2011

Sarita Gupta

Students are not only finding it harder to afford an education, but they are also finding it harder to find a jobs once they graduate.

Students, Not Banks

Christie Garton | Posted 05.25.2011

Christie Garton

In the past, we've taken a college degree for granted. Now, fiscal "responsibility" may ultimately force hundreds and thousands of students to put off college in the interim, or ultimately drop out altogether.