June 25, 1999

States Make Healthy Increases in Spending on Higher Education

By PETER SCHMIDT

Budgets for student aid and faculty salaries are up; accountability measures are also popular

Throughout most of the nation, public colleges can expect healthy increases in their appropriations this year as a result of recent actions by state lawmakers.

With about three-fourths of state legislatures having wrapped up their 1999 sessions, most have agreed to give

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