Author criticizes Maryland's $2.5 million in scholarships awarded exclusively by state senators to their constituents. (HS)

The issue for the decade ahead is no longer whether states will use their power to require increased accountability, initiate more detailed budget review, and seek influence over what colleges teach and to whom, but how they will use it. Economic and demographic changes, access and economic barriers, remediation, quality and effectiveness, and…

Tennessee's higher education funding based on institutional performance is discussed by three key participant-observers of the state's initiatives: Steve Cobb, Arliss Roaden, and John Folger. Money for remedial education was taken out of university budgets and put in special college preparatory institutes. These institutes are discussed. (MLW)

A Michigan State senator discusses institutional relationships with the state legislature and communication problems between institution and government that interfere with policy and budgeting processes. (MSE)