Grapevine reports on total state effort for higher education, including tax appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state higher education agencies.

Updated state reports are included that feature current fiscal year and previous fiscal year state tax appropriations for operating expenses of higher education.

Also included is a 50-state summary table showing state totals for the current year, the previous two years, a ten-year figure, and percentages of change over one, two, and ten years.

Also includes the following tables:

• state tax appropriations per capita
• state tax appropriations per $1,000 of personal income
• revenue capacity, willingness, and higher education effort
• state rankings on one, two, and ten-year percentage changes
• annual average five-year percentage changes in state tax appropriations
• state and local tax appropriations per capita and $1,000 of personal income.

Maintained by the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University.