February 13, 2009

Tuition Increases Follow State-Budget Cuts

To the Editor:

The Delta Project's recent "Trends in College Spending" report ("Report on College Spending Trends Highlights Inequities in Financing Model," The Chronicle, January 23) leaves the impression that the revenue from tuition increases during the years 2002-5 at public universities was used for expenses other than instruction. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In fact, the funds available to public higher education for instructional activity — the sum

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