March 2, 2007

Governors' Plans Offer Good News for Higher Education

By PETER SCHMIDT

If the economy holds, states are likely to spend much more on colleges, research, and student aid

With most states' economies in healthier shape than they have been in years, public colleges and their students are finding plenty to cheer in the State of the State and budget addresses that governors have delivered in recent weeks to kick off legislative sessions.

Among the 44 governors who had given their customary year-opening speeches as of last week, more than a dozen had

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