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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.[/quote]What does this mean? Why not research?[/quote]https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/03/03/more-universities-cut-budgets-admissions-due-to-federal-funding-chaos/

Some takeaways: "Given the signals from Washington, D.C., the question is rapidly morphing from “which research universities are reining in spending” to “why aren’t they all doing so.” The need to tighten budget belts will become more urgent as the ramifications of federal research cutbacks ripple across institutions. For example:

*Sponsored research projects will need to be reduced in scope or ended altogether unless the university reallocates internal funds to keep them going.
*Universities might try to shore up their science programs by reapportioning support from lower-demand graduate programs in the arts and humanities.
*A decrease in graduate students could result in fewer teaching assistants to help cover undergraduate classes and lab sections.
*The staffing of laboratories, libraries, animal care facilities and medical clinics might be reduced, resulting in those facilities limiting their hours or closing down.
*Post-docs and junior faculty may find their careers jeopardized. (One wonders whether the traditional six-year tenure clock might need to be reset.)
*Financial aid, student services and other campus programming could be threatened as institutions divert some of those funds to other priorities."[/quote]

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