
The biggest concern for state higher-education policy in 2018 isn’t the continuing economic volatility, the questions about affordability for students, the disputes about free speech on campuses, or the difficulties in preventing and punishing campus sexual assaults.
Instead, the top issue for states is the uncertainty created by the federal government, according to an annual report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Policy changes enacted by lawmakers in Washington last year will continue to influence state policy in 2018, the report said, “and new proposals expected to be under consideration in Congress will only add to ambiguity and political division in statehouses.” The annual list was written by Thomas Harnisch, the association’s director of state relations and policy analysis, and Dylan Opalich, the assistant director.
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