College and University Blog
Obama Administration's Economic Stimulus Bill on Higher Education
Midst the controversy of the notorious billion dollar economic stimulus bill that was passed by Congress this year in February, many are eager to know how it will affect the diurnal aspects of their lives.
While there many facets of President Obama’s stimulus bill, the most notable is the $150 billion apportioned to education, which shows for more than twice the amount of the Department of Education’s past budgets.
Spending allocations within the educational portion of the stimulus are quite complex and controversial. Many of the critics show a great concern, lambasting the bill by saying "some of the proposals [are] wasteful spending and an ill-considered expansion of the federal government