Universities, facing multiple cuts, ask for increase in funding - Bobby Harrison, Daily Journal

In 2000, 56 percent of the revenue for Mississippi’s eight public universities was generated by state tax collections and 32 percent came from tuition. For the current fiscal year, a whopping 67 percent of the revenue is generated from tuition paid by college students and 28 percent is derived from state tax collections, according to information provided by the board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, commonly referred to as the College Board. http://www.djournal.com/news/universities-facing-multiple-cuts-ask-for-increase-in-funding/article_49ebeacc-94af-5977-b465-1cf0fb26d463.html