This is an empty talking point. >A 16% (inflation-adjusted) decline in total state and local funding and a 13% increase in enrollment contributed to the sharp

This is an empty talking point. >A 16% (inflation-adjusted) decline in total state and local funding and a 13% increase in enrollment contributed to the sharp per-student funding decline between 2007-08 and 2011-12. Between 2011-12 and 2014-15, an 8% increase in appropriations combined with a 4% decline in enrollment generated a 13% increase in per-student funding. Despite this partial recovery, in 2014-15, appropriations per FTE student were 8% lower in inflation-adjusted dollars than they were a decade earlier, and 11% lower than they were 30 years earlier. https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/total-and-student-state-and-local-funding-and-public-enrollment-over-time https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tabl...