Sequestration cuts to higher ed hurt U.S. competitiveness

perspectives-2012-120pPULLMAN, Wash. – Congressional leaders face a critical deadline next week – they must reach a budget agreement by Dec. 13 or the next round of sequester cuts goes into effect, reducing vital government programs by billions of dollars for the second year in a row.

Read the rest of President Elson S. Floyd’s Perspectives column, including three examples of real cuts with real impacts at WSU, at http://president.wsu.edu/blog/perspectives/2013/12/04/sequestration-cuts-to-higher-education-hurt-u-s-prosperity-competitiveness/