In what appears a harbinger of things to come for higher education, governors of two of America's most populous states, California and New York, have rolled out plans that would dramatically reduce funding for colleges and universities - again - reports Inside Higher Ed. In the past two weeks, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Governor David Paterson of New York have both proposed midyear budget cuts that college officials say will cripple already strained higher education systems.

At a news conference last Wednesday, Paterson laid out a proposal that would cut $348 million from the State University of New York and the City University of New York. His plan came on the heels of Schwarzenegger's proposal from earlier this month, which cut $132 million from public universities and $332.2 million from community colleges.
Full report on the Inside Higher Ed site


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