We have posted a new policy brief on higher education in the House and Senate budgets, titled “Higher Education: State Funding Down, Tuition Up.” It is available through this link.

Briefly:

Under the House budget, NGFS+ funding for higher education would be $2.81 billion, while under the Senate budget it would be  $2.84 billion. Either amount would be 20.5 percent less than the $3.58 billion budgeted for 2007–09, which was the peak biennium for higher education funding.