In 2000, all but three of the 50 states contributed more per student than each student paid for their college education. That came to a screeching halt in Michigan, starting with deep cuts to higher education funding by the Granholm administration and picking up steam as the economy worsened.
Today, Michigan is among the many states to shift the burden of paying for that college education onto students.
We now rank 40th in per-student higher education spending. Michigan's per-student spending works out to just over $4,600 per student, compared to the nearly $9,900 per-student cost to enrollees.
MLive's Brian Smith wrote about this, and joined us today.
