State higher ed funding rose by 3.7 percent beyond inflation in fiscal year 2023, according to the latest State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report. It’s the second time since 2008 that state ...

State support for higher education reached $126.5 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2024, a 10.2% increase over FY 2023’s level of $114.7 billion. Those figures come from a just-released Grapevine report, ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Navigating life from a higher state of mind isn’t about ...

While enrollment is down at the nation’s public colleges, state funding for higher ed is up — and students are footing less of the bill for their education. State and local support for higher ed ...

Despite steep federal funding cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill, states can continue to support public higher education by creating progressive state tax revenue streams and strengthening rainy day funds ...

As student debt continues to climb, it’s important to understand how our once debt-free system of public universities and colleges has been transformed into a system in which most students borrow, and ...