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WHO PAYS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION?
In Nebraska, colleges relying more heavily on tuition to pay costs
- Chris Dunker | Lincoln Journal Star
- Jun 23, 2019
- Jun 23, 2019 Updated Jul 2, 2019
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Students fill a lecture hall for Chemistry 110 during the first day of classes last August.
- Craig Chandler, University Communications
Shaelee Luebbe puts out butterscotch timbales as culinary students prepare a themed buffet at Southeast Community College last year. At the height of the recession, the state funded 34% of the community colleges’ budgets, while tuition revenue made up 27% and locally assessed property taxes accounted for 39%. In the most recent data from 2017-18, the funding share has shifted: 29% is funded through the state, 21% through students and 51% through property taxes.
- Journal Star file photo
- Shelly Kulhanek | Lincoln Journal Star
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Chris Dunker | Lincoln Journal Star
Before the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, just 10 states leaned more heavily on student tuition than tax dollars to fund the operations of their public colleges and universities.
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