[run4yourlives]

To be fair, if enrollment is increasing and funding is flat, the effect is a decrease in funding. From what I can gather, most areas have a per-student funding model so this doesn't mean your statement is incorrect, but it's a little more complicated than being the black to the university's white.

[protomyth]

I did say most. The number of students is not increasing at a rate that would mess put the per student in most parts of the US.

http://nces.ed.gov has a lot of the actual numbers as opposed to partisan websites on either side.

PS: I am still trying to find a good source for # of non-teaching staff to teaching staff ratios. I get the feeling it has changed heavily in the last 30 years.