State Budget Cuts Shift More College Costs to Students - Kenneth Hanner, Newsmax

College students and their families are shouldering a larger share of higher education costs as states are cutting back on funding for public universities due to the weak economy. “State cuts to higher education funding have been severe and almost universal,” according to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The report said that states are spending 28 percent less per student, when adjusted for inflation, than before the economic downturn in 2008. Eleven states cut per-student funding by at least a third, while Arizona and New Hampshire cut such spending by more than half. http://www.newsmax.com/US/higher-education-college-tuition/2013/03/20/id/495572