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Looming Federal Government Shutdown Could Affect Higher Education

The federal government shutdown that looms ahead on Oct. 1 will not immediately affect higher education, but could eventually lead to cuts to financial aid programs and research funding.

Unless Congress can reach a compromise on a stopgap measure to keep government open, the federal government will shut down on the first day of October. This would mean that all non-essential federal government operations would shut down. According to Inside Higher Ed, however, it’s not clear how this will affect higher education programs.

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