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Tuition has skyrocketed, public funding has decreased (if not "plummeted"). e.g. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-realize-state-fundi
by bo1024 3y ago
Tuition has skyrocketed, public funding has decreased (if not "plummeted").
e.g. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-realize-state-funding-for-higher-ed-fell-by-billions https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-r...
- rayiner 3y agoSpending still went up. So it doesn’t make sense to say, as OP did, that cuts made higher education “worse.”
- JamesBarney 3y agoThis doesn't look like plummeted to me. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184069/federal-funds-for-education-and-research/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20about%20174.9%20billion,programs%20in%20the%20United%20States https://www.statista.com/statistics/184069/federal-funds-for....
- bo1024 3y agoLocal and state funding of education is much higher than federal funding.