Higher ed funding is halfway back to pre-recession levels - Hallie Busta, Education Dive

State per-student spending on higher education is rebounding, though it is only halfway back to its pre-recession levels, according to a new report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), which looks at changes in higher ed finance over the last decade at the state and national levels. Just nine states are back to pre-recession funding levels, while nine have had no recovery. A strong economy has full-time enrollment (FTE) 6% below 2011 levels, though it is 7.8% above 2008’s pre-recession figure. From 2017 to 2018, FTE fell 0.2% nationally, with decreases in 35 states and Washington, D.C. https://www.educationdive.com/news/higher-ed-funding-is-halfway-back-to-pre-recession-levels/552325/