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NJ higher-education leaders warn massive federal cuts would hollow out student aid, research and workforce pipelines
Summary
Witnesses at a joint Assembly–Senate hearing said House and Senate reconciliation instructions, a projected $2.7 billion Pell shortfall and proposed program eliminations threaten New Jersey students, research grants and institutional stability, with low‑income and first‑generation students at highest risk.
John Patrick Walsh, assistant vice president for federal relations at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, told a joint hearing of the Assembly and Senate higher education committees that proposed federal budget changes could sharply reduce funding for student aid and institutional programs. "The Pell is currently in a shortfall," Walsh said, and AASCU projects a $2,700,000,000 shortfall going into fiscal year 2026 unless Congress acts. He said the House reconciliation instruction asks the Education and Workforce Committee to find roughly $330,000,000,000 in reductions over 10 years and that those cuts could include programs such as Federal Work Study, TRIO and teacher…
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