Recent funding cuts to higher education threaten the future of research universities in the U.S., a system that has been heavily reliant on government support since World War II. With the federal freeze on student loans and significant reductions to federal research funding through agencies like the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, many universities may struggle to continue their traditional models. The limitations placed on indirect costs for research grants could severely impact the infrastructure supporting scientific work, leaving the landscape of higher education in flux.
This latest move may sound prosaic: The Trump administration has merely put a single cap on what are called 'indirect costs,' or overhead. But it's a very big deal.
I personally think that the post-World War II system of big research universities funded heavily by the government will not continue.
In the past two weeks, higher ed has been hit by a series of startling and potentially illegal budget cuts that could reshape the landscape.
The research university has helped establish the meaning of 'college' as Americans know it. But that meaning may now be up for grabs.
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