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www-theatlantic-com-4541		America's Declining Investment in Higher Education - The Atlantic			.html	text/html	1204	94	61	Drawing almost no attention, the nation crossed an ominous milestone last year that threatens more economic polarization and social division: For the first time, public colleges and universities in most states received most of their revenue from tuition rather than government appropriations. This historic shift away from tax dollars funding the bulk of public higher education comes precisely as the nation's youth population is crossing a succession of milestones to become more racially diverse than ever. In 1992, tuition accounted for slightly less than three-tenths of the total educational revenue for public colleges and universities. But there have been revealing changes in recent years: Previously unpublished data provided to The Atlantic by SHEEO show that it is primarily Republican-controlled states that have shifted responsibility most rapidly from tax resources to tuition since the 2008 recession.	./cache/www-theatlantic-com-4541.html	./txt/www-theatlantic-com-4541.txt