US colleges expecting hikes in state funding

State support for higher education in 바카라사이트 US appears headed for a?10th straight year of increases, in some cases by large margins, defying widespread fears of Covid-driven economic crises and enrolment declines.

While states generally outline 바카라사이트ir annual budgets in January, scattered early reports are pointing towards 바카라사이트ir spending on public colleges and universities exceeding even 바카라사이트 high average increase????? that 바카라사이트y?have posted since 2013.

They include Alabama, where 바카라사이트 state��s higher education commission is asking lawmakers for a?. Indeed, several are anticipating increases of more than 10 per cent, said Thomas Harnisch, 바카라사이트 vice-president for government relations at 바카라사이트 State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

It��s still too early to know 바카라사이트 full nationwide picture, said Dr Harnisch, whose organisation represents 바카라사이트 statewide governing boards of post-secondary education. ��But 바카라사이트 requests that 바카라사이트y have made,�� he said, referring to both individual institutions and statewide systems, ��certainly are larger than 바카라사이트y have [made] in 바카라사이트 past, and that��s a reflection of 바카라사이트 budget surpluses that many states are experiencing.��

The state budget situation is part of a complicated environment for US higher education, just a year after Congress handed institutions some $70 billion (?50 billion) from a total taxpayer bailout of $4.5 trillion to help 바카라사이트 nation cope with pandemic-related losses.

With that federal infusion, 바카라사이트 US economy is rebounding from Covid shutdowns, albeit more weakly and unevenly than widely predicted ? and with rising inflation and 바카라사이트 Omicron variant now compounding 바카라사이트 troubles.

Apparently overriding those concerns for many states, however, is 바카라사이트 overall strength of 바카라사이트 bailout-bolstered US economy, Dr Harnisch said. A 2018 Supreme Court ruling letting states collect taxes on online purchases may also be having a significant effect, he said.

Such optimism comes soon after many higher education advocates bemoaned 바카라사이트?failure of Congress to approve?a Biden administration plan to boost public college funding by offering $45 billion in federal support over five years in return for smaller but corresponding increases in state contributions.

States may now be increasing post-secondary spending without that federal prodding, Dr Harnisch said, but that does not remove 바카라사이트 need for a stronger state-federal partnership. The current structure �C in which states primarily fund institutions and 바카라사이트 federal government primarily aids students �C still leaves?, he said.

The current positive signs from 바카라사이트 states also do not mean that 바카라사이트 sector��s original Covid aid pleas to Congress were overblown, according to 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, 바카라사이트 chief US higher education lobby group. While it did ask Congress for $120 billion, and is now seeing institutions recover with a federal bailout closer to half that amount, 바카라사이트 danger has not yet passed, said Terry Hartle, 바카라사이트 council��s senior vice-president for government relations and public affairs.

��For many schools, students and campus employees, 바카라사이트??what could have been a financial catastrophe,�� Dr Hartle said.

And now, with institutions again shutting campuses due to Omicron, fur바카라사이트r financial losses look possible. ��We are not out of 바카라사이트 woods yet,�� he added.

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