States Investing the Most (and Least) in Higher Education

[dfrecore]

Too many State public universities are trying to live off the feds more and more.  These are State colleges NOT Federal Colleges.  State funding is just one income stream for public State universities.  Universities vary by types of income money (pure education vs research).  Also, universities can be greedy.  Most private Ivy colleges have Hugh endowments but still, charge $$$$ tuition.  Same with States and it varies by state.  Bernie Sanders does not come from a state that cares about public education, but Wyoming does.  It's clear in the funding.  Purdue's personality is they have not raised tuition in 7-years?   Oregon always raises tuition and lives off out-of-state Cali kids.  Every State is different.  Look at the money trail.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015...overnments

I don't actually want to do a bunch of research, I was just trying to figure out what the graph is really showing - which I'm going to go with not much.  If a state can spend less and yet still manage to offer lower tuition than a state that spends more, then it just makes no sense to look at that number.

I will continue to look at what in-state tuition is for schools, and not worry about this "spend" number that doesn't reflect anything meaningful.