A staggering drop for community colleges.EVERYONE KNOWS THAT STATE funding for community colleges has dropped in recent years. Now a graduate student working on his Ph.D. has laid out a picture of just how much two-year schools have lost. For his dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. , Billy Roessler, associate director of admissions and records for the Tarrant County College Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public two year community college serving the Fort Worth area in Tarrant County, Texas and providing degree programs toward an Associate of Arts, an Associate of Applied Science or Associate District (Texas), Compiled data on enrollment and revenue for community colleges in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Mining IPEDS IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System IPEDS Interactive Public Exhibits and Digital Signage data gathered for the National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies , and following a method of classification developed by Stephen Katsinas of The University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. , Tuscaloosa, Roessler found that urban, suburban, and rural schools experienced public funding Public funding is money given from tax revenue or other governmental sources to an individual, organization, or entity. See also
Tuition and fees have risen by a consistent 3 to 4 percent across the board, Roessler found, but public funding dropped more for rural and urban colleges than it did for suburban ones. Broken out by state instead of geographic classification, public funding drops seem even more jarring. In California, the average share of community college budgets coming from state appropriations fell from 60.3 percent in 1981 to 32.9 percent in 2001. Looking at the data together uncovers doozies like this one: In 2001, community colleges in five states received an average of 50 percent or more of their budgets from state funding--compared to schools in 22 states in 1981. Says Roessler, who is in the process of getting the dissertation on funding trends for two-year colleges published: "I put some numbers and data to what people have been saying."--C.M.F. Share of Total Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community College Budgets by Source of Funds Type of Funding 1981 2001 Rural: State Appropriations 48.1% 37.3% Local Appropriations 15.6% 11.8% Tuition and Fees 14.2% 18.2% Contracts 9.4% 22.2% Suburban: Stater Appropriations 45.4% 31.8% Local Appropriations 20.3% 20.4% Tuition and Fees 17.1% 20.9% Contracts 7.1% 16.2% Urban: State Appropriations 47.0% 31.8% Local Appropriations 17.4% 13.8% Tuition and Fees 16.0% 19.1% Contracts 9.3% 26.9% |
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