Where Paul Ryan Stands on Issues Important to Colleges
Mr. Ryan’s plan would slash federal spending for nearly all non-defense-related programs, including many of concern to higher education. It would cut spending on programs that support academic research, such as the National Institutes of Health, and would make several changes to the federal student-aid programs. It also calls for a complete spending cut for the National Endowment for the Humanities… Among the largest higher-education items targeted for cuts in Mr. Ryan’s budget proposals are the federal student-aid programs… Mr. Ryan, like Mr. Romney, has been a strong supporter of for-profit education… A Republican administration would allow for-profit institutions to operate in a more friendly regulatory environment, but the types of spending cuts on federal aid that the Ryan budget proposes could also adversely impact those institutions. In many cases, for-profit colleges rely on federal student-aid programs for close to 90 percent of their revenue…
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by Michael Stratford, The Chronicle of Higher Education.