State Spending on Higher Education Still Hasn't Recovered From the Recession

“In the depths of the Great Recession, states across the country, facing balanced-budget requirements, slashed their spending on higher education. In recent years, as the economy has slowly recovered, states have begun gradually increasing higher education spending, although not to pre-Recession levels. In a new report, researchers from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank, offer concerning evidence that this slow progress has stalled in many states.”