House Budget Plan Would Hit Higher Ed Hard - Charles Devarics, Diverse Education

The 2015 budget plan from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Budget Committee chairman, would cut federal spending by $5 trillion and hit virtually all areas of domestic spending. A 2015 budget plan narrowly approved by the House of Representatives late last week would impose major cuts on higher education, including a 10-year freeze on Pell grants and reduced funds for student loans. The plan from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Budget Committee chairman, would cut federal spending by $5 trillion and hit virtually all areas of domestic spending, including the health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act. But education advocates criticized the higher education provisions, one of which would freeze the maximum Pell grant for the next 10 years. Coming a year after automatic cuts known as sequestration trimmed federal spending, the new plan would make even deeper reductions. http://diverseeducation.com/article/62913/