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The report also highlights major state disparities in tuition revenue, per-pupil state funding, enrollment patterns, and the economic impact of inflation on purchasing power. 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PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION SEES DECADE'S SMALLEST TUITION HIKE IN 1985-86\n\nIt cost public colleges and universities an average of $4,901 to educate a stu-dent in the 1985-86 school year,8.3 percent more than last year and double theaverage nine years ago,says a new report by an Education Departmentresearcher.  \nBut the average student paid only $1,116 of those costs in tuition,an increaseof only 5.8 percent over last year.It was the smallest tuition hike in adecade,although substantially greater than the rate of inflation,says KentHalstead in his report,\"State Profiles:Financing Public Higher Education1985-86.\"The $1,116 figure does not include room and board.  \nHalstead's report compares higher education costs and expenditures and publiccollege attendance in 50 states,finding wide disparities between them。  \nFor instance,Halstead found that Vermont,with a large proportion of out-of-state students paying high non-resident tuition,raised more revenue than anystate from_tuition,which averaged $3,877,and spent the least state funds perpupil,$1,912.California charged the lowest average tuition--only $457--andwas seventh in per-pupil spending with $4,666,he found.Alaska far outdis-tanced other states in per-student spending:$14,038.  \nAlthough total state spending for higher education rosefrom $14.7 bill1on to $29.7 billion between 1978 and 1986,a cumulative 82 per-cent inflation rate offset the increase,said Halstead.The purchasing powerof state dollars actually declined in half the states,he said.Florida andNebraska showed the worst decline,with spending per student dropping 22percent in constant dollars,Halstead found.The largest increases--more than20 percent--occurred in Oklahoma,Wyoming and Delaware.  \nHalstead said lower inflation in recent years has allowed faculty members torecoup some of the purchasing power they had lost since the early 1970s.Whilefaculty salaries have increased by a constant 6 percent to 8 percent a year,hesaid,purchasing power declined 20 percent over that period of high inflation.  \nHalstead singled out Wisconsin,Alabama,Arizona and Minnesota as having \"donethe most with the least.\"Despite low tax bases relative to the number of stu-dents they support,those states have earmarked average or near-average amountsfor higher education.Florida,conversely,\"did the least with the most,\"Halstead said.  \nHalstead's report also compares the number of students attracted by each(more)  \n(O  \n      June 19,1986  \n# PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION SEES DECADE'S SMALLEST TUITION HIKE(Cont.)\n\nstate's institutions.Arizona leads the nation,says Halstead,with 4.1 publiccollege students for each high school graduate.California and North Dakotaars next with 3.6 and 3.5,respectively.Despite a drop in high school gradu-ates,public colleges and universities have maintained a steady 7 m11lion en-rollment nationwide,attracting a larger proportion of high school graduates inrecent years,said Halstead.  \nThis is the eighth year Halstead has compiled the state funding report,butthis time the effort is independent of ED's Office of Educational Research andImprovement,where Halstead works.Funding for the report was eliminated be-cause of a limited printing budget,difficulty in receiving approval from theOffice of Management and Budget and a decision to classify the work as “ongoingreporting”rather than a\"research effort,\"Halstead said.  \nHalstead decided to compile the data himself through his own firm,ResearchAssociates of Washington,because he is convinced of its value.\"Pound forpound,it provides more information on financing than any study in existence,\"he said.He hopes to break even by selling copies of the 83-page report.  \nCopnese f thest wds are s12.5.0 f.rc(202es⁹6r-33268oclatee of Mahengton,2605  \n# SENATE PANEL APPROVES PORTLAND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR ED POST\n\nA Senate panel yesterday easily cleared the nomination of Peter Greer,now su-perintendent of schools in Portland,Maine,for a top 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