Budget Cuts Continue To Plague Veterinary Schools In The USA

State funding levels for veterinary schools and colleges have decreased substantially in the past few years, and state legislatures have already indicated that trend will continue as they hash out the coming fiscal year's budget. Thirty-two states reported declines in state support for higher education in 2010-2011, compared with the previous fiscal year, with drops ranging from 0.3 percent to 13.5 percent, according to a report released Jan. 24 by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University and the State Higher Education Executive Officers. Dried-up stimulus funds could spell trouble...

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