Forging a path for higher education
Source: commercialappea Posted By: Susanna C...5464 days ago
More than $3.5 billion will be spent on state public higher education in Tennessee under Gov. Phil Bredesen's budget for the new fiscal year that starts July 1.
Well over half of those funds will come from tax-supported state and federal coffers, and one has to wonder if taxpayers are getting the best bang for their billions.
Tennessee has respectable colleges and universities, but the percentage of the adult population with a college education is relatively low, and no state institution has....