“…dominates the landscape of state policy research as scholars have taken a particular interest examining need-based and merit-based state aid programs (St. John, Musoba, & Simmons, 2003), loans and grants (Hauptman, 1997), and the effects of different types of aid on different populations (Heller, 1999). Some efforts have examined state funding in general (Callan & Finney, 1997), and a few have concentrated on the effects of state appropriations on enrollments (Hossler, Lund, Ramin, Westfall, & Irish, 1997). Others, such as Robst (2001), have looked at how reductions in state appropriations affected institutional efficiency.…”