<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/a-financial-win.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>05/05/2021</pubDate><title>A financial win for higher education? Four takeaways from the new state budget</title><description>Let's face it – budgets are boring. But the state's new spending plan for 2021-22 includes some major victories for higher education and a lot of stuff you really should know. We combed through the whole thing so you don't have to.</description><image><img src="/_resources/images/a-financial-win.jpg" alt="Graduates hugging"/></image></item>