How US Federal Funding Cuts Could Affect Higher Education

Standard & Poors believes that the US higher education sectors exposure to federal funding for student loans, grants, and sponsored research represent areas of risk for the sector. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Bobbi Gajwani discusses how funding cuts could hurt the sector. Topics include tuition, Pell grants, and our recent rating action on the Smithsonian Institution.

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