To keep his state?s current budget balanced, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland?s administration plans to give colleges and universities in the Buckeye State only 11 monthly payments instead of 12 in fiscal year 2011, which wraps up June 30. According to the Columbus Dispatch, that means June?s scheduled payment of $127.5 million would be pushed into July.
….With the budget situation in Wisconsin far from rosy, one has to wonder how the next governor is going to handle this state’s deficit and what impact those decisions will have on public higher education here.