January 16, 2004

State Spending on Colleges Drops for the First Time in 11 Years

By MICHAEL ARNONE

Fact File: State Appropriations for Higher Education, 2003-4

Table: State Appropriations: How the States Rank

Map: 1-Year Changes in State Appropriations for Higher Education

The economy as a whole may be improving, but don't tell that to public colleges, which had one of their worst years ever getting money from their states.

In spending plans that states adopted for the 2003-4 fiscal year, aggregate

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