Higher Ed IT Budgets Face a Dual Threat: Federal Research Cuts and State Funding Pressure

Higher education leadership and IT teams are battling ghost students, establishing AI governance and managing competing priorities as students return to campus. Adding to this strain is a major shift in federal philosophy about National Institutes of Health grants, National Science Foundation funding and broader federal research funding cuts in what has historically been a university-centric system.  In previous years, Congress has approved the federal budget, so that agencies such as NIH, NSF and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science could move swiftly to release funding…