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Economics&Strategies, Education Economics

Congress Sends $1.3 Billion to Colleges in Federal Earmarks

April 3, 2024

Via: Inside Higher Ed

From protecting reefs and fighting climate change to purchasing a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer, projects for colleges and universities funded in the latest federal budget run a wide gamut. Colleges and universities are planning to put more than $1.3 billion […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Economics

State auditor to probe how community colleges spent money meant to hire full-time faculty

June 29, 2022

Via: EdSource

Community college faculty groups, claiming local officials are misspending money meant to hire more full-time professors, have won the attention of state lawmakers who ordered an audit that will be conducted this year. At issue is $100 million lawmakers approved […]


Education Economics

Report: More money doesn’t exactly mean raises for teachers

October 7, 2016

Via: Education Week

A new report sheds lights on the millions of additional dollars announced earlier this year by the state for teacher salaries in Tennessee. According to The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2cWGWx2), the state Comptroller of the Treasury report explains that when Gov. Bill […]


News, Secondary Education

Missouri sues closed Kansas City charter school for $3.7M

January 26, 2016

Via: Education Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri sued a now-closed Kansas City charter school on Monday to recover $3.7 million the state paid the school based on what it said were false and inflated figures for student attendance. Attorney General Chris […]