January 27, 2006

Is State College Aid Unrelated to Quality?

By ANNE K. WALTERS

Public colleges in states that spend a lot of money on higher education are not necessarily better than colleges in states that provide meager support, according to a report that ranks states based on an analysis of their higher-education budgets and the performance of their colleges.

The report, prepared by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, attempts to answer the age-old question in debates over state financing of higher education: Does more money equal

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