The Council of State Governments
December 5, 2008
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From the Expert:
Sujit
States Take the Lead on Infrastructure Projects

By Sujit M. CanagaRetna, CSG senior fiscal analyst
CSG's Southern office, the Southern Legislative Conference


As the doleful drumbeat of dismal national economic news emerges daily, states face fiscal challenges of unprecedented proportions. While there continues to be renewed expectation that the federal government in a Barack Obama administration will initiate a massive infrastructure program to revamp, restore and rejuvenate the nation's crumbling and aging infrastructure-a 21st century New Deal of sorts-state policymakers have not been idle awaiting the inauguration of the new president.

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Students, Families Caught in Squeeze of
Higher Education Affordability


By Bill Voit, CSG senior project director

There's a new phenomenon in higher education. An August 2008 Policy Alert from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education says while Americans think college is becoming critical to succeeding in life, there's an increasing fear that access to higher education is slipping out of reach for many qualified and motivated students.

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Study: Graduation Rate Gap Exists Between Black, White Males

By Tim Weldon, CSG policy analyst

A new report concludes that nearly 55 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, a majority of African-American males in this country are still not graduating from high school. The report, Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, examines gaps in graduation rates between black and white males in public high schools.

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