You are right. Overall funding of education is up across the board, but down per-student as Universities try to grow like businesses (bigger and bigger classes

You are right. Overall funding of education is up across the board, but down per-student as Universities try to grow like businesses (bigger and bigger classes every year). Enrollment balloons, so spending per student goes down despite increasing investments in education. Ballooning enrollment leads to more money spent on facilities and administration, which means even less money goes directly toward educating students. It is a mess.