March 2, 2007

Looking for Dollars in Unusual Places

By KARIN FISCHER

Governors seek unorthodox sources to pay for higher education

Surrounded by a dozen public-college presidents, Gov. Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. proposed an ambitious plan in December to keep top students in Indiana and attract world-class researchers to the state's universities.

The price tag: $1-billion. The cost to taxpayers: nothing.

To pay for the "Brain Gain" proposal, Governor Daniels, a former director of the Bush administration's Office of Management and Budget, wants

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