claim: arizona is spending "less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education."
author: michael m. crow
evidence_1: in 2014, the united states spent $12,300 per full-time-equivalent (fte) ... in  elementary and secondary education instead of in higher education in one or  both data ... of countries with expenditures per fte student that were higher in  2014 than in .... of the 18 countries with a gdp per capita lower than the oecd  average, ...
evidence_2: arizona is spending "less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this  country in higher education." — politifact arizona on thursday, february 4th,  2016.
evidence_3: aug 23, 2017 ... the average state spent $1,448, or 16 percent, less per student in ... state  spending on higher education nationwide fell $1,448 per ... arizona cut per- student funding by more than half. ..... cut back on financial aid, which fell each  year on a per-student basis ... in 2000, only one for-profit made the top 25.
evidence_4: in fy 2014, arizona state university's figure was less than that ... finances and  enrollment of all public higher education institutions are ... “fiscal need” is  estimated by applying a national average rate of per capita spending to the ...  revenue capacity per capita in fy 2012 was one of the lowest in the country at  17.6 percent ...
evidence_5: nov 29, 2017 ... one of these — kansas — repealed some of the tax cuts earlier this ... twenty- nine states provided less overall state funding per student in ... to a country's  prosperity, large cuts in funding for basic education could cause lasting harm. ....  elementary and high schools nationally cut capital spending by $23 ...