Both Gov. Dunleavy and legislators from every caucus have said they want to fund these programs. But legislators haven’t agreed on how to fund them.
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Alaska university students notified that millions in scholarships and grants currently in limbo
More than $350 million in Alaska’s Higher Education Investment Fund is set to be swept into state savings.
Alaska lawmakers weigh becoming only state to not fund medical education
Sixty-one percent of Alaska medical students who graduate from the WWAMI program return to Alaska. That’s higher than the national average of graduates who stay in state, but it’s lower than what Alaska leaders would like to see.
‘Devastating’ and ‘significant’: Educators react to Dunleavy’s budget proposal
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen says if Dunleavy’s budget proposal goes through, he’s confident that programs would have to be cut and campuses would need to shut down.