Budgets

In the old model, responsibilities were clearly demarcated. States were benign providers.

While we consider Gov. Rick Snyder’s forthcoming budget message, we might want to look at some facts underlying our economy.

Republicans Warn of Multibillion Dollar Deficit

If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, handsome in appearance.

Oklahoma higher education Chancellor Glen Johnson on Monday asked lawmakers for a 10.2 percent increase in next year's higher education budget.

The performance of Missouri’s higher education institutions could be the determining factor in how much money they receive from the state.

Gov. Pat McCrory told a national radio audience Tuesday that state community colleges and universities should be funded based on how well they do at placing their students in the job market.

University presidents warned Monday that tying state funds to graduation rates, as Gov. Rick Perry and some lawmakers have proposed, could cause some campuses to have huge cuts in funding.

One by one, leaders of the nine academic and health campuses in the University of Texas System made their pitches for so-called tuition revenue bonds to the Board of Regents today.

The last few years haven't exactly been gentle to our public colleges and universities, or the students who attend them.