2008 budget: a mix of winners and losers: controversial upward bound experiment halted, and some msis win in earmarks.(education budget) From: Diverse Issues in Higher Education | Date: January 24, 2008| Author: Dervarics, Charles | COPYRIGHT 2008 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For higher education, Congress' long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.

The bill contains $145 billion for education, health and employment programs--$3 billion more than the president's original request, but $5.6 billion less than the level in a plan vetoed by the White House in November. Unable to muster a two-thirds vote for a veto override, the Democrat-led House and Senate cut spending to ma...