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So it seems that some states will see more massive budget cuts than others - cuts that may make admissions more competitive and that may decrease the quality of the graduate school experience. Since stimulus funds are ending, this will only make the budget cuts hurt even more.
Does anyone have more information about which states are seeing hard budget cuts, especially those that are relevant for graduate education?
In particular, I'm concerned about Wisconsin and Pennsylvania (Penn State).
As a reference, I do go to a school (Washington) that saw budget cuts more severe than those at other schools. Its quality has not declined and its competitiveness did not increase yet. It was able to increase tuition to the point that the cuts only took 10% out of the university's budget, so the university could afford to make the "easy cuts". However, the stimulus has shielded a lot of the impact from universities, and further budget cuts (which will happen) may be more problematic.
For some more information, I posted a similar thread a year ago at http://www.physicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3302.
Does anyone have more information about which states are seeing hard budget cuts, especially those that are relevant for graduate education?
In particular, I'm concerned about Wisconsin and Pennsylvania (Penn State).
As a reference, I do go to a school (Washington) that saw budget cuts more severe than those at other schools. Its quality has not declined and its competitiveness did not increase yet. It was able to increase tuition to the point that the cuts only took 10% out of the university's budget, so the university could afford to make the "easy cuts". However, the stimulus has shielded a lot of the impact from universities, and further budget cuts (which will happen) may be more problematic.
For some more information, I posted a similar thread a year ago at http://www.physicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3302.
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