Dive Brief:

• A deal to end the U.S. government shutdown restores federal funds to students and researchers, and allows for the reopening of government facilities that academic researchers depend on.
• The law keeps spending on student aid and research at last fiscal year's levels.
• The deal finances the government through mid-January and extends the debt ceiling through Feb. 7.

Dive Insight:

The deal sets up a framework for further budget negotiations, and that's where professor and author Neil H. Buchanan warns that colleges could be in trouble: Lawmakers looking for places to cut may find higher education an easier target than the major entitlement programs.