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Report Proposes Federal Matching Grants For State Higher Education

Report Lays Out Possible Way To Reverse Privatization Of Public Colleges
Chronicle Of Higher Education
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, University of Washington students walk past a statue of George Washington that towers near a west entrance on the campus in Seattle. Despite a downward demographic shift in the number of kids graduating from high school, enrollment is up at three of Washington?s six public universities this fall. The University of Washington, Western Washington University and Eastern Washington University are all reporting increases in students. UW and Western also have their largest freshman classes ever. Washington State University, Central Washington University and the Evergreen State College are reporting small decreases in fall enrollment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, University of Washington students walk past a statue of George Washington that towers near a west entrance on the campus in Seattle. Despite a downward demographic shift in the number of kids graduating from high school, enrollment is up at three of Washington?s six public universities this fall. The University of Washington, Western Washington University and Eastern Washington University are all reporting increases in students. UW and Western also have their largest freshman classes ever. Washington State University, Central Washington University and the Evergreen State College are reporting small decreases in fall enrollment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

As Congress begins debating the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, proposals to change how public colleges get their federal money are starting to pop up.

On Wednesday, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities released a report recommending a new federal block grant to the states for higher education. The goal of the proposed program is to give states some incentive to preserve and even raise the amount they spend on colleges, which has been in decline, and also to strengthen the federal commitment to affordable higher education.

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