February 8, 2012
As you can see from the chart above, and the budget brief it is drawn from, total spending per full time equivalent (FTE) student has remained relatively flat over the past couple decades in inflation adjusted dollars. But as state funding has tanked—dropping from 70 percent of total spending per FTE a decade ago to only 30 percent today—tuition has been hiked to make up the difference. (via It’s Not the Cost of a College Education That’s Skyrocketing, It’s the Price | Slog)

As you can see from the chart above, and the budget brief it is drawn from, total spending per full time equivalent (FTE) student has remained relatively flat over the past couple decades in inflation adjusted dollars. But as state funding has tanked—dropping from 70 percent of total spending per FTE a decade ago to only 30 percent today—tuition has been hiked to make up the difference. (via It’s Not the Cost of a College Education That’s Skyrocketing, It’s the Price | Slog)

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