Missing from the title: ...at public schools. Which, if you've been following the amount of funding cut from state schools at all, hopefully isn't too surprising.
Agreed, after the Great Recession state funding to universities (and K-12, colleges) dropped dramatically. Arizona leads the way with almost a -50% drop in funding, of course tuition goes up by almost 90% [1]. The article has this data from 2000-2014 but most of the damage was 2008-present.
