Donald Trump: Education Funding and Tuition Fees

donald trump: They are also wrestling with the likelihood of a major cut to tuition fees, with little hope in the sector that the government will plug the gap, according to The Guardian. Last month in the US, Donald Trump proposed significant cuts to higher education funding in his 2020 budget, including reductions to student financial aid, and big cuts to the budgets of the two biggest public funders of research, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. They are fighting to limit the damage of Brexit, which they fear will hit their recruitment and retention of great staff and students,crush vital research collaboration,and removebillions of pounds of funding. This followsmajor cuts in the aftermath of the economic crash of 2008-9, after which many universitiesramped up their fees considerably. The University of California is a network of research institutions in America's largest state. In the final instalment of our 2VCs discussion series, Anna Fazackerley spoke to Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California, and Prof Hugh Brady, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, about enduring cuts and what the current political climate means for universities. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.