Wednesday, January 31, 2007
What Will Happen to Higher Education?
That's the question that Richard Sheridan asks and answers in State Budgeting Matters this week. Here is his introduction:
Between fiscal years 1975 and 1982, under Governor James Rhodes, higher education prospered and state General Revenue Fund (GRF) aid increased by 87.4 percent. Between FY 1983 and 1990, Governor Richard Celeste continued giving higher education the state’s highest priority and funding almost doubled (98.2 percent), growing more than any other major spending area. But after that it’s been all downhill.
You can find the complete report here
Between fiscal years 1975 and 1982, under Governor James Rhodes, higher education prospered and state General Revenue Fund (GRF) aid increased by 87.4 percent. Between FY 1983 and 1990, Governor Richard Celeste continued giving higher education the state’s highest priority and funding almost doubled (98.2 percent), growing more than any other major spending area. But after that it’s been all downhill.
You can find the complete report here
