January 6, 2006

State Appropriations: Still More Money Needed

By KARIN FISCHER

Spending for public colleges is on the rise as most states regain their financial footing.

State support for higher education increased in 2005-6 by 5.3 percent, to $66.6-billion, from the previous fiscal year, according to the Center for the Study of Education Policy, at Illinois State University. This marks the second year in a row of real spending growth, following one year, 2003-4, of decline, and another, 2002-3, when such spending lagged well behind inflation.

State fiscal

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