Higher education hoping to avoid budget cuts - Scott Rothschild, LJ World

With a state revenue shortfall on the horizon, higher education officials are hoping they can maintain the current level of state funding and avoid getting cut. "Flat is the new up," said Kansas University spokesman Tim Caboni. The downward trend in state tax dollars going to higher education has been happening nationwide. In Kansas, state funding makes up approximately 20 percent of the total operating expenditures of Kansas' public universities. That is down from 28 percent in 2008, and the downward trend is expected to continue. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/aug/18/higher-ed-hoping-avoid-budget-cuts/