New Jersey's students, public colleges, and universities are bracing for another round of painful cuts after Gov. Christie last week proposed chopping $173 million, or 7.7 percent, of state funding from higher education next fiscal year.
If approved by the Legislature, the spending plan would follow $62 million in midyear budget cuts. Together, the cuts would likely result in tuition increases, fewer new faculty hires, and cuts to several scholarship programs.
