States Spend More Per College Student

State and local appropriations to public colleges rose faster than enrollment in the 2005-6 fiscal and academic years, triggering the first increase in such spending per student in half a decade, says a report released last week by the State Higher Education Executive Officers, a national association.

Although overall state and local spending on public colleges began rising after the 2003-4 fiscal year — following two years of decline — total enrollment at those

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