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Decrease in higher education funds increases tuition, fees for students
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — In recent years, Ed Hammond of Fort Hays State University has exuded confidence, almost a Pollyanna figure among his fellow university presidents, an apostle of adding students to solve his institution's budget difficulties.
But now Hammond is starting to sound pessimistic about fiscal issues, saying he and his colleagues need more general tax revenues from the state to keep their universities in good shape and keep campuses open to students from all backgrounds.
The campuses haven't gotten much attention from legislators. Yet legislators are likely to feel strong pressure next year to provide more general tax revenues for higher education.
"At that point, the Legislature is
going to have to get back into the game," Hammond said. "The legislature is going to have to step in and fulfill its responsibilities to the higher education system."
Providing money is the chief responsibility about which Hammond and other officials at Board of Regents institutions worry.
Higher education is among the biggest pieces of the state's budget, trailing only the Department of Education and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The state expects to spend $1.66 billion on its universities, community colleges and technical colleges under the current, fiscal 2004 budget.
The fiscal 2004 budget for higher education is 7 percent larger than the fiscal 2002 budget. But that figure is of no comfort to higher education officials.
The 2002 budget allocated $706.5 million in general tax revenues to the higher education system, compared to $673.9 million under the 2004 budget. The difference is about 4.6 percent, and largely a legacy of cuts imposed last year by then-Gov. Bill Graves to avoid a deficit in the 2003 budget.
The result is that universities are relying more heavily on other sources of money, most notably tuition and fees, to finance their operations.
In fiscal 2002, general tax revenues financed 45 percent of the higher education system's operations. As of fiscal 2004, the figure had dropped to below 41 percent. At the University of Kansas, the figure is just under 30 per cent.
Tuition for Kansas residents who enroll at the University of
Kansas next fall will be 51 percent higher than it was for their older brothers and sisters only two years ago.
Higher education officials worry that raising tuition more will prevent some students from getting to campus. And when the Board of Regents approved the latest round of increases for students in June, member Lew Ferguson described those increases as "a tax increase on the parents and students of Kansas."
For 2000, the nonprofit National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gave Kansas a B grade for the affordability of its higher education system to students. Last year, that grade dropped to a C-minus.
Adding to higher education officials' aggravation is the sense that governors and legislators have broken a big promise.
Nation Charitable contributions fall, according to survey
WASHINGTON—Contributions to the largest charities fell in 2002 for the first time in a dozen years because of the troubled economy and uncertainty among donors, a survey finds.
Donations to the 400 largest charities dropped 1.2 percent last year, to $46.9 billion from $47.5 billion in 2001, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual survey released last Monday. During the previous five years, donations increased an average of 12 percent each year.
Editor Stacy Palmer said the growing number of charities also contributes to the decline, as more organizations compete for donations.
Gifts to the top 400 charities accounted for nearly a fifth of the $241 billion given to all U.S. charities last year. Nearly 90 percent of donations come from individuals, Palmer said, with the rest from foundations and companies.
The survey's annual statistics, which cover private donations and not government contributions, are adjusted for inflation. The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Dean maintains lead in New Hampshire polls
BOSTON — Democrat Howard Dean holds a 13-point lead over John Kerry in New Hampshire, according to a poll released yesterday, the latest to show the former Vermont governor ahead in a state that has a presidential primary Jan. 27.
Dean drew support from 37 percent of those surveyed for the Boston GlobeWBZ, while Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, had the backing of 24 percent. Dean had a 12-point lead over Kerry in the same poll a month ago.
Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was backed by 9 percent, Clark 8 percent and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri 7 percent. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Con
necticut had the backing of 5 percent, Dennis Kucinich was at 3 percent, and Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton had less than 1 percent. The poll found that 7 percent were undecided or refused to answer.
When asked which candidate would be the strongest against President Bush, more than a third, 35 percent, said Dean — while 20 percent said Kerry.
The poll, by KRC/Communications Research, was conducted Oct. 20 to Oct. 22 of 400 Democratic and independent voters who could cast ballots in the New Hampshire primary. It had a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
The Associated Press
Rampaging wildfires merge in California
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Wildfires that have burned for days merged into walls of flame stretching across miles in parts of Southern California yesterday, leaving 11 people dead, burning
500 homes and frustrating ove matched firefighters who worked relentlessly against fierce winds.
The state's largest fire, in eastern San Diego County, caused at least eight deaths, including two who died inside their car as they apparently tried to escape the flames, San Diego Sheriff Bill Kolender said.
The 100,000-acre fire started Saturday near the mountain town of Julian when a lost hunter set off a signal fire, authorities said. The hunter was detained and may face charges.
Another fire near San Diego that started yesterday killed one man and destroyed 20 homes while burning through about 1,000 acres, Lora Lowes of the California Department of Forestry said.
In the congested suburbs of San Bernardino, a city of 185,000 about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, one flank of a 50,000-acre fire burned through four towns while the other flank destroyed more than 300 homes.
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