Can anyone tell me, does Rutgers have its own line item in the state budget each year, or are all the public colleges and universities allocated a certain percentage of an allocation for higher ed? Does funding to Rutgers vary year over relative to other NJ publics?
OT: Question about state budget/higher ed
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Rutgers has its own lines (there are multiple lines for multiple types of allocations)
http://www.nj.gov/treasury/omb/publications/16budget/pdf/FY16BudgetBook.pdf
http://www.nj.gov/treasury/omb/publications/16budget/pdf/FY16BudgetBook.pdf
Yes, Rutgers has its own lines. But state support for Rutgers usually correlates strongly with the support given to other public institutions; that is, if the amount as a whole rises 5%, then Rutgers gets a 5% rise.
There is no formula. Camden is basically saying that a rising tide lifts all boats. If the state is interested in spending more on higher education, then all state colleges benefit. If they want to spend less, then all state colleges suffer.
And while the Governor's budget might use a 5% increase across the board as the starting point for the allocation for each higher education line item, the actual amounts given on each line item can be individually adjusted at will.
