States Cut Higher Education Funding, Increase Tuition To Avoid Raising Taxes

States Cut Higher Education Funding, Increase Tuition To Avoid Raising Taxes: For five years since the Great Recession, states have drastically cut funding for public universities, with long-lasting consequences for the U.S. economy. A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that every state except North Dakota and Wyoming is spending less per student than before the recession. As a result, students [...]/p