State College Funding Hasn’t Passed Pre-Recession Levels
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Forty-eight states are spending less on colleges and universities than before the recession, as recent funding increases haven’t made up for years of cuts that pushed tuition higher, according to a report.
Average state spending per student, adjusted for inflation, dropped by $2,026, or 23 percent, since 2008, with funding down in every state except Alaska and North Dakota, according to a report today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Per-student spending in Arizona, Louisiana, and South Carolina was down by more than 40 percent.