The Trump administration is making it harder for colleges and universities to budget for the upcoming year.
Hundreds of universities and colleges across the country are perpetually under financial strain. Now, they’re seeing research grants cut, health care funding at risk and a hard-line immigration agenda threaten revenue from tuition.
“If the international pipeline gets cut off, as well as federal funding for grants, I think you will see schools that are already on the brink closing or merging that you never would have thought would be in trouble,” a chief financial officer for a midsize college in a red state, who was not authorized to speak on behalf of their employer, told NOTUS.