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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (12270)	7/27/2004 12:23:04 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I don't know about you, but when I prioritize my budget and decide over an 8 year period to spend 50 percent more on something, I don't call that a decline in funding. The total budget in many states has been in decline in the last 4 years. Couple that with a declining percentage in education spending and you have a double whopper. Can you also tell me what percentage tuition has risen by? How about the percentage increase of costs of education in terms of maintaining a campus and teachers? The rising cost of health insurance which is factored into employee compensation? When costs to maintain the status quo are increased 50% and funding increases the same amount...you've made no progress. Access to higher education is increasingly available only to the wealthy. This is not good for a nation that will be increasingly dependent on developing cutting edge technology to maintain growth in our economy. We need to increase access to higher education. It's key to the continued success of our nation. Orca