September 11, 1998

State Lawmakers Share the Wealth With Colleges and Their Students

By PETER SCHMIDT

Merit scholarships and campus-construction budgets grow in an election year

The nation's college students can generally expect much more support from state governments in the 1998-99 academic year.

State legislatures' 1998 sessions, most of which have been completed, have produced an array of new laws and programs intended to make it easier for people to attend, and pay for, college.

Lawmakers in several states set out to

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