Spending is down by $9 billion over the last decade, driving tuition up and frustrating the search for skilled workers.
www.pbs.org
I find it interesting they compare us education process vs foreign countries, I think s.k. and Russia were listed, as it looks like sk has a similar grade structure, and Russia pretty similar, but I'd like to know perhaps their focus and teaching structure? Not sure if those are the right terms for what I'm trying to say, so analogous to the Chinese 996 workweek to our 58, and cultural and societal norms too.
I am curious on this graph as spending would obviously be cut due to recessions or depressions, but the budget cuts stopped for fy13. As I see it, spending was generally reduced 08-13, but I'd presume it would mimic tax revenues as well. I didn't see (skimmed quickly ish) fed spending from the same data points collected.
States and the federal government have long provided substantial financial support for higher education, but in recent years, their respective levels of contribution have shifted significantly.
www.pewtrusts.org
Where as this article presents this information
Seems to not jive in whole with the former article.
Edit scratch that- wrong color. But it looks pretty close to net zero from year 08-13 accounting for all funding, I think, approx., though not all would be applicable based on the type of funding and so forth.
I will add that from this note below, my opinion, is if it's not a public school, it should not receive public funds, especially "for profit", and "not for profit" should be held to tight standards relative to their spending. You want the cream, you better account for how it's helping the consumer and not the "not for profits" turboprop or jet.
