State Policy

All but three states reported year-over-year increases in funding for public higher education, annual survey of state financing finds.

Recent studies have produced an avalanche of questionable statistics, argues F. King Alexander, to the effect that public institutions do not warrant greater taxpayer support.

Middle States agency reinstates the Pennsylvania university, citing governor's vow to wipe out tens of millions it borrowed from state university system.

A report on 2017-18 state grants and aid shows that grant programs, including funding boosts in Florida and New York, contributed to a significant increase in state aid nationally.

California education law will now refer to those with economic or social challenges as "at-promise" students. Advocates hope the impact will be more than just a semantic shift.

One report says funding cuts by states to public colleges are a problem; another says they're a myth.

Newly signed legislation allowing athletes to profit from their names and likenesses is a step in the right direction, but it's only a start, write Welch Suggs and Solomon Hughes.

Proponents say universal free tuition plans like New Mexico's are the best way to boost college enrollment, but critics say it would help the least needy and do little to improve program quality.