Week in review: Trump administration policies hit colleges’ pocketbooks

'Perfect storm' hits WA colleges, universities

Cuts from the Trump administration and the state Legislature are forcing the University of Washington and other schools to lay off staff and raise tuition.

Week in review: Trump administration policies hit colleges’ pocketbooks

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the federal government’s new probes and deals to the impact of policy shifts on the higher education sector.

UW, other WA colleges, face big money problems

Cuts from the Trump administration and the state Legislature are forcing the University of Washington and other schools to lay off staff and raise tuition.

U of I, Boise State, and College of Idaho hit With Federal Grant Cuts

BOISE, ID – The Trump administration is targeting thousands of higher education grants worth billions of dollars. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress finds the administration has taken aim at more than 4,000 grants at over 600 schools in every state. Public colleges and universities have seen the biggest hit, with cuts nearly twice as high as private institutions. Greta Bedekovics, one of the authors of the report and the associ…