States seek to boost higher ed budgets

From Inside Higher Ed: “As governors and state legislatures work out their budgets for the fiscal year that begins in July, experts agree: states are flush and higher education will likely reap the benefits. … The Education Commission of the States, an agency that tracks education policy, is monitoring governors’ State of the State addresses this year. Of the 28 addresses the commission has reviewed, 23 have mentioned issues related to education funding or finance, Zeke Perez Jr., a senior policy analyst at the commission, wrote in a brief for Inside Higher Ed.”