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Cuts to Higher Education in Florida Hurt the Middle Class, Report Says

Report finds Florida’s middle class is being “priced-out” of higher education.


Demos, a progressive public policy think tank, released a study that says the state’s continued cuts to higher education have shifted high costs to middle-class students and families that have for years been weathering a tough economy. According to the report, the state’s higher education system experienced a 22 percent decrease in state funding between 2007 and 2012.

Read more at: fcir.org

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