February 29, 2008
Disputed Plan Would Let Congress Weigh In on State Budgets for Colleges
Some federal lawmakers are trying to press states to provide consistent spending increases for their higher-education systems, saying they recognize that the level of state aid colleges receive plays a critical role in how much institutions are able to rein in tuition increases, and on what they can spend on improving their quality.
The proposal would insert the federal government into state decisions about higher-education budgets, a new role that some colleges say they would welcome
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