State higher ed funding is on the slight rebound

State higher ed funding is on the slight rebound.

Reported by Education Dive, per-student state spending on higher education is on the way back up, but only halfway back to its pre-recession levels.

Partially because this past decade has created a new understanding that tuition revenue is now the primary mechanism for how state colleges and universities are funded. And this is why net tuition levels have risen by 38.6% since 2008.

The takeaway? In this tuition-driven revenue reality, is your institution’s enrollment growth plan strong enough to maneuver whatever state funding changes come next?



Eric Olsen
