February 16, 2009
Some States Get Stimulus Whether They Need or Want It
Washington
A pot of money in Congress's economic-stimulus bill is primarily intended to help buffer colleges and schools from state budget cuts. But some of the states slated to get the most money from that measure are not necessarily facing the greatest budget gaps or even proposing the sharpest reductions for higher education.
Because money from the $54-billion "state fiscal-stablization fund" is largely distributed to states based on population, smaller states that are facing some of
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