Welcome to Grapevine, Fiscal Year 2016-17 (Revised July 5, 2017)
An Annual Compilation of Data on State Fiscal Support for Higher Education - A joint project of the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).
A Note to Grapevine Users Concerning Revisions Made on July 5, 2017
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has notified Grapevine and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) group that it is reviewing and revising both the enrollment and financial data previously submitted to Grapevine and SHEEO’s State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) project. All of this is being done to more accurately reflect state fiscal support for higher education in Illinois. Revised Illinois data, along with explanations for those revisions, will be posted in next year’s Grapevine report, which will appear in January 2018. Until then, Illinois data have been removed from the Grapevine tables. We look forward to working with the IBHE as it reviews its data reporting process.
About the Grapevine Data
Since 1960, Grapevine has published annual compilations of data on state tax support for higher education, including general fund appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state higher education agencies. Each year’s Grapevine survey has asked states for tax appropriations data for the new fiscal year and for revisions (if any) to data reported in previous years.
As of fiscal year 2010, Grapevine tables--including both tax and non-tax support--have been produced by Illinois State University’s Center for the Study of Education Policy in cooperation with the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). The Grapevine survey has been consolidated with the annual survey used by SHEEO in its State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) project. This consolidated questionnaire asks for data that are compiled in a new State Support for Higher Education database. This database, in turn, is used to produce both the annual Grapevine tables, which provide a first look at state appropriations for the new fiscal year, and the annual SHEF report, which offers a more complete examination of trends in total state support for higher education, factoring in inflation and enrollment. The SHEF report for FY16 will be released shortly by SHEEO.
The results of the Grapevine survey for fiscal year 2016-17 (FY17), including tax and non-tax monies, are compiled in the national tables available on this website. The FY17 data summarized in these tables represent initial allocations and estimates reported by the states from September through December of 2016 and are subject to change. (As noted above, Illinois data have been temporarily removed from the Grapevine tables.)
Sophia Laderman of the SHEEO staff led the data collection effort. Further revisions may be made as states make corrections or adjust their budgets in the face of ongoing revenue shortfalls. In addition, it is important to note that unlike Grapevine reports issued prior to fiscal year 2009-10, the data from the survey for FY17 include only state totals. The new, consolidated questionnaire does not ask states to provide appropriations figures for individual colleges and universities. (View further information on Grapevine data.)
Thank you for your interest in Grapevine. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Jim Palmer
Grapevine Editor
July 5, 2017