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Federal funding for higher ed comes with strings attached, but is still worth it

  • Written by Jason Alix Coupet, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, North Carolina State University
Even privately run colleges and universities get money from the federal government.ITTIGallery/Shutterstock.com

When nonprofit colleges and universities get federal funding for research and to support students, do government regulations make it difficult to fulfill their missions?

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