Doug's paper noted the decreased government support for colleges. Yet
at the same time -- if I'm doing the numbers right --
constant-dollar expenditures per student appear to have climbed steadily
since around 1980, both in public and private universities, with the
slack of course being taken up by the students and their families: 

http://bit.ly/awNoov

If this seems implausible I'll be happy to explain how I got it; the
short answer is, by combining a couple of tables I found at a site
Wojtek referred us to, a couple of days ago:

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/

What's going on here? Where's the money being spent? 

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Michael J. Smith
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http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org
http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com
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