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- Funding Down, Tuition Up: State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Quality and Affordability at Public CollegesMitchell, Michael; Leachman, Michael; Masterson, Kathleen (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2016-08-15)Years of cuts in state funding for public colleges and universities have driven up tuition and harmed students’ educational experiences by forcing faculty reductions, fewer course offerings, and campus closings. The authors demonstrate that these choices have made college less affordable and less accessible for students who need degrees to succeed in today’s economy.
- A Lost Decade in Higher Education Funding State Cuts Have Driven up Tuition and Reduced QualityMitchell, Michael; Leachman, Michael; Masterson, Kathleen (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2017-08-01)A decade since the Great Recession hit, state spending on public colleges and universities remains well below historic levels, despite recent increases. Overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 school year (that is, the school year ending in 2017) was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation. The funding decline has contributed to higher tuition and reduced quality on campuses, as colleges have had to balance budgets by reducing faculty, limiting course offerings, and in some cases closing campuses. This report examines the state cuts that have driven up tuition and reduced quality.
- States Are Still Funding Higher Education Below Pre-Recession LevelsMitchell, Michael; Palacios, Vincent; Leachman, Michael (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2014-05-01)Most states have begun in the past year to restore some of the cuts they made to higher education funding after the recession hit. Eight states, though, are still cutting, and in almost all states including those that are have boosted their support higher education funding remains well below pre-recession levels. The authors argue that the large funding cuts have led to both steep tuition increases and spending cuts that may diminish the quality of education available to students at a time when a highly educated workforce is more crucial than ever to the nation’s economic future.
- States Are Still Funding Higher Education Below PreRecession LevelsMitchell, Michael; Palacios, Vincent; Leachman, Michael (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2014-05-01)Most states have begun in the past year to restore some of the cuts they made to higher education funding after the recession hit. Eight states, though, are still cutting, and in almost all states including those that are have boosted their support higher education funding remains well below pre-recession levels. The large funding cuts have led to both steep tuition increases and spending cuts that may diminish the quality of education available to students at a time when a highly educated workforce is more crucial than ever to the nation’s economic future. This report examines the states that are still funding higher education below pre-recession levels.
- Unkept Promises: State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Access and EquityMitchell, Michael; Leachman, Michael; Masterson, Kathleen; Waxman, Samantha (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2018-10-04)The promise to past generations of students in America has been that if you work hard and strive, public colleges and universities will serve as an avenue to greater economic opportunity and upward mobility. For today’s students — a cohort more racially and economically diverse than any before it — that promise is fading. In this context, this report argues how states cuts to higher education threaten access and equity.