Imagine you attend a large state university. The governor of the state has recently announced that there will be changes in higher education spending next fiscal year. A few days later, you receive an email from your university notifying you that your tuition and fees will be increasing by a few hundred dollars next year. Given what you know about trends in higher education funding and costs,
what is the connection between these two events?
A) Over time, states have contributed less to funding higher education, which is partially made up for by increasing costs for students.
B) There is no connection between these two events because higher education is federally funded.
C) Budget cuts in states’ higher education funding are in opposition to the general trend in funding that has recently occurred.
D) Increases in tuition rarely occur, so next year is an exception to the norm.
A) Over time, states have contributed less to funding higher education, which is partially made up for by increasing costs for students.
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