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Declining State Budgets: A Structural and Administrative View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2005

Michael A. Baer
Michael A. Baer
Affiliation:
American Council on Education President, NCAPSA
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Ever since I have been involved in higher education, I have noticed a consistent cyclical pattern in state funding of higher education. Would that this were the pattern of the future! Although funding has historically been cyclical, since the 1970s the proportion of a state's budget dedicated to higher education has shown a steadily declining trend, from 9.8% in 1980 to 7% last year (Schmidt 2004). We are witness to a changing pattern in the relationship between the states and higher education. Higher education is increasingly viewed as a private rather than a public good, and this evolving perception will substantially impact both public and independent institutions. Tuition will become more comparable and competitive.

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Profession Symposium
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 106 - 107
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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