Budget Cuts Slam Public Colleges, Putting Economic Recovery At Risk - Mary Ellen Flannery, NEA Today

Cuts to public colleges and universities over the past five years have been remarkably deep, according to a new report released Tuesday, and likely will be harming students and state economies for years to come—unless state lawmakers take action in current legislative sessions. This year, states are spending about 28 percent less on higher education than they did in 2008, before the country’s epic recession hit, according to researchers at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). In eleven states, funding for higher education has been cut by more than a third. In two, Arizona and New Hampshire, it has been slashed in half. http://neatoday.org/2013/03/20/budget-cuts-slam-public-colleges-putting-economic-recovery-at-risk/