The lottery will provide no direct funding to Tennessee's institutions of
higher education. All of the net proceeds go toward scholarships for
qualified students, not to the institutions who will teach those students.

http://www.tnlottery.com/wheremoneygoes/where_benefits.aspx

It's not clear to me how the institutional infrastructure will keep pace
with predicted increases in enrollment. More students paying enrollment fees
might seem to add revenue, but those fees represent only a fraction of the
cost of educating a student; state appropriations pay most of the cost.
Universities could actually see a net loss unless state appropriations
increase in proportion to enrollment. And given the vagaries of formula
funding, we all know how likely that is.


Greg O'Dea

-- 
Dr. Gregory O'Dea
UC Foundation Associate Professor of English
Director of The University Honors Program
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403  USA



On 02/28/04 3:54 PM, "Stephen Leather" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One of the economic assumptions of the Statewide Master Plan for
> Tennessee Higher Education 2000-2005
> (http://www.state.tn.us/thec/mastplan.pdf) states "There will be
> increasing appropriations for higher education. (Governor¹s Council on
> Excellence in Higher Education recommendation)"
> 
> Was this assumption valid when the plan came out? I don't know. If
> someone does know, tell me. Is it valid now? Look at the upcoming and
> recent reductions. Will it be valid after the lootery starts paying off?
> Will the legislature start pulling tax funding so that in a couple years
> we're back where we are now?
> 
> Note: "lootery" was initially a typo, but I thought it was actually
> quite appropriate given all this "loot" higher ed is supposed to get. :-)
> 
> Respectfully,
> Stephen Leather
> 
> 
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