UVa restricts new hires, development as Trump cuts into funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : All promotions have been suspended along with unessential travel and other expenses.
48% : "The University is proactively responding to significant fiscal uncertainty, driven by potential cuts to federal spending and other economic headwinds, by asking schools and units to limit discretionary spending," university spokeswoman Bethanie Glover told The Daily Progress in an email.
48% : "UVA is taking additional measures, such as hiring reviews and identifying which construction and renovation projects may be postponed if necessary, to conserve resources in a moment of uncertainty.
46% : "We are in a period of significant fiscal uncertainty, with potential deep cuts to federal spending on grants and contracts and other core programs.
41% : Both the National Institute of Health and U.S. Department of Education have become targets of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an unofficial agency led by billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk which is tasked with cutting "wasteful" spending.
28% : Duke University, Harvard University, the universities of Pennsylvania and Washington and dozens of others have instituted hiring freezes and halted discretionary spending as the Trump administration continues to cut federal aid to higher education and research.

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