Another Bleak Budget Year

As state legislatures convene, concerns over money dominate the agenda

By MICHAEL ARNONE, SARA HEBEL, and PETER SCHMIDT

The budget picture is going from bad to worse for higher-education officials in many states, as they prepare for increasingly dire circumstances by limiting their budget requests, raising tuition rates at midyear, and bracing for possible layoffs or program cuts.

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