<p>From the COHE(pay article)</p>
<p>"Fourteen states experienced double-digit increases in their appropriations for higher education, the most since the center began tracking one-year fluctuations in such spending in 1991.</p>
<p>Among them, Alabama had the largest one-year jump, with lawmakers there budgeting a whopping 18.7 percent more for colleges and financial aid. Increases of at least 13 percent were reported by Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia.</p>
<p>Over all, 28 states increased appropriations for higher education by at least 5 percent for 2006-7. Thirty-eight adopted increases substantially above the rate of inflation at the time their budgets were passed, and only two states, Montana and New Jersey, cut spending, down from four last year and eight the year before."</p>