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Inside Higher Ed

January 26, 2011

"Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine." No statement in President Obama's State of the Union speech last night better summed up the protected status he envisions for the federal programs most important to colleges and universities, even as his administration vows to embrace a more austere approach to federal spending.

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