Despite rise in state funding, education facing double-digit cuts

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Colleges and universities would lose 10.5 percent of funding in 2012, but would see a slight increase of 3.7 percent in 2013 from 2012.

“This is a very tough budget,” said Matt Filipic, Wright State University vice president for fiscal affairs. “It is the biggest reduction in the state budget for higher education I’ve ever seen.”

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