W.Va. last in South in four-year-college funding

[davidinalameda]

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/Other%20News/2005071216

West Virginia ranks last among Southern states in how much it spends on its four-year public college students, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board.

In 2004, the state spent $3,436 from its general revenue for every four-year public college student in the state, much lower than the 16-state average of $5,744.

The state ranked ninth in what it earned from tuition and fees, at $4,527 per student

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. Hmmm. WV is a southern state? Interesting, but incorrect....

....Midwest, or Mid-Atlantic, but not South.

[WildClarySage]

2. I think we're considered a southern state whenever Mississippi

needs a PR boost.









OK, I apologise to those from Mississippi. That *was* a cheap shot.

[MountainLaurel]

3. Obviously the state considers itself to be

If they've gone so far as to join the SOUTHERN Regional Education Board.