January 18, 2008
State Appropriations for Higher Education See Biggest Jump in Decades
State-tax support for higher education climbed 7.5 percent in the 2007-8 budget year, to $77.5-billion, according to a national survey released last week. It was the highest annual increase since 1985.
The increase marks the fourth year of growth following a 2.1-percent downturn in the 2003-4 fiscal year, said James C. Palmer, director of the project, which is conducted by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University.
"The fiscal engines of many
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